Juan Bonilla (bishop) explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 98–99. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbonella.html "Bishop Juan Bonilla, O. Carm."