Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Bonilla | |
Bishop of Ariano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Ariano |
Term: | 1689–1696 |
Predecessor: | Emmanuele Brancaccio |
Successor: | Giacinto della Calce |
Consecration: | 6 March 1689 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1636 |
Birth Place: | Valladolid, Spain |
Death Date: | April 1696 |
Death Place: | Ariano, Kingdom of Naples |
Nationality: | Italian |
Juan Bonilla, O. Carm. (19 April 1636 – April 1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ariano (1689–1696).[1]
Juan Bonilla was born in Valladolid, Spain on 19 April 1636 and ordained a priest in the Order of Carmelites.[2] On 28 February 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ariano.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. He served as Bishop of Ariano until his death April 1696.