Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Antonio García de Palacios | |
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
Term: | 1677–1682 |
Predecessor: | Gabriel Díaz Vara Calderón |
Successor: | Baltasar de Figueroa |
Consecration: | 20 Nov 1678 |
Consecrated By: | Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún |
Birth Date: | 1622 |
Birth Place: | México |
Death Date: | 1 Jun 1682 (age 60) |
Death Place: | Santiago, Cuba |
Nationality: | Mexican |
Juan Antonio García de Palacios (1622–1682) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1677–1682).
Juan Antonio García de Palacios was born in 1622 in México.[1] On 13 Sep 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba. On 20 Nov 1678, he was consecrated bishop by Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún, Bishop of Tlaxcala, with Father Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa assisting. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death on 1 Jun 1682. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa, Bishop of Michoacán (1678).