Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Ramírez | |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Agrigento |
Term: | 1697–1715 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Maria Rini |
Successor: | Anselmo de la Peña |
Consecration: | 6 March 1689 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1648 |
Birth Place: | Estremera, Spain |
Death Date: | 27 August 1715 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Agrigento, Italy |
Francesco Ramírez, O.P. (14 February 1648 – 27 August 1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (1697–1715) and Archbishop of Brindisi (1689–1697).[1]
Francesco Ramírez was born in Estremera, Spain on 14 February 1648 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] [3] On 28 February 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Brindisi.On 6 March 1689, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Alberto Mugiasca, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia, and Alberto Sebastiano Botti, Bishop of Albenga, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 August 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento.He served as Bishop of Agrigento until his death on 27 August 1715.