Jerónimo Domín Funes Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Jerónimo Domín Funes
Bishop of Gaeta
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Gaeta
Term:1636–1650
Predecessor:Jacinto del Cerro
Successor:Gabriel Ortiz de Orbé
Consecration:21 December 1637
Consecrated By:Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz
Birth Date:9 January 1576
Death Date:23 April 1650 (age 74)
Death Place:Gaeta, Italy

Jerónimo Domín Funes (9 January 1576 – 23 April 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gaeta (1636–1650).

Biography

Jerónimo Domín Funes was born in Calatayud, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.On 30 December 1636, he was selected as Bishop of Gaeta and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 14 December 1637.On 21 December 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via, with Diego Requeséns, Titular Archbishop of Cartagine, and Biago Proto de Rubeis, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gaeta until his death on 23 April 1650.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jacobus Wemmers, Titular Bishop of Memphis (1645).

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