Juan Juániz de Echalar explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Juan Juániz de Echalar
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada
Term:1647–1656
Predecessor:Juan Piñeiro Osorio
Successor:Martín López de Hontiveros
Consecration:1645
Consecrated By:Diego Arce Reinoso
Death Date:13 October 1656

Juan Juániz de Echalar (died 13 October 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1647–1656) and Bishop of Mondoñedo (1644–1647).[1]

Biography

On 28 November 1644, Juan Juániz de Echalar was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 31 July 1645 as Bishop of Mondoñedo. He was consecrated bishop by Diego Arce Reinoso, Bishop of Plasencia, with Miguel Avellán, Titular Bishop of Siriensis, and Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria, serving as co-consecrators. On 16 December 1647, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada. He served as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada until his death on 13 October 1656.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjuaniz.html "Bishop Juan Juániz de Echalar"