Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa | |
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |
Term: | 1615–1622 |
Predecessor: | Maximilian of Austria |
Successor: | Luis Fernández de Córdoba |
Consecration: | 8 December 1606 |
Consecrated By: | Ottaviano Paravicini |
Birth Date: | 1540 |
Birth Place: | Valencia del Ventoso, Spain |
Death Date: | 22 May 1622 (age 83) |
Death Place: | Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (1540 - 22 May 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1603–1614), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz (1611–1615), and Archbishop of Salerno (1606–1611).[1]
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa was born in Valencia del Ventoso, Spain.[2] [3] On 4 December 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Salerno. On 8 December 1606, he was consecrated bishop by Ottaviano Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio. On 28 November 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz. On 12 January 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 22 May 1622.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Principal Consecrator of Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1614), and Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra), Bishop of Cartagena (1616).