Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán | |
Archbishop of Granada | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Granada |
Term: | 1677–1692 |
Predecessor: | Francisco de Rois y Mendoza |
Successor: | Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras |
Birth Date: | 1626 |
Birth Place: | Granada, Spain |
Death Date: | 5 October 1692 (age 66) |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1668–1669) Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1671–1677) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (1626 – 5 October 1692) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Granada (1677–1692), Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1671–1677), and Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1668–1669).[1] [2]
Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán was born in Granada, Spain in 1626 and ordained a priest in the Trinitarian Order.[2] [3] [4] On 17 September 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.In 1669, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanz Lozano, Bishop of Cartagena.On 16 November 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo.On 13 September 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Granada.He served as Archbishop of Granada until his death on 5 October 1692.