Fernando Cano Almirante Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Most Reverend
Fernando Cano Almirante
Bishop of Canarias
Diocese:Canarias
Predecessor:Manuel Bernardo Morete Bodelón
Successor:Bernardo Martínez Carnero
Consecrated By:Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro
Birth Date:12 December 1761
Nationality:Spanish
Religion:Roman Catholic
Fernando Cano Almirante
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Grace
Relstyle:Bishop

Fernando Cano Almirante O.F.M. (Born 12 December 1761, died 22 September 1826) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, who served successively as bishop of Antioquia, Colombia and bishop of Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain.[1]

Biography

Born in Spain in December 1761, he studied for the priesthood and became a member of the Order of the Observant Friars Minor (also known as Franciscans) in February 1778.

Pope Pius VI appointed him bishop of Antioquia in Colombia on 11 November 1818 and he was consecrated bishop on 1 October 1820.[2] Pius VI then appointed him to the diocese of Canarias, in the Canary Islands on 17 June 1825.[3] He died while in office in Gran Canaria on 22 September 1826.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero † . Catholic Hierarchy . 1 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia Colombia . GCatholic . 1 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Diocese of Islas Canarias Spain . GCatholic . 1 June 2024.