Juan Pastor Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Juan Pastor
Bishop of Crotone
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Crotone-Santa Severina
Term:1638–1664
Predecessor:Niceforo Melisseno Comneno
Successor:Girolamo Carafa
Consecration:12 September 1638
Consecrated By:Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Death Date:1664
Death Place:Crotone, Italy

Juan Pastor, O.M. (died 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Crotone (1638–1664).[1]

Biography

Juan Pastor was ordained a priest in the Order of the Minims.[2] On 30 August 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Crotone.On 12 September 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Crotone until his death in 1664.While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1644).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 166. Münster. Libraria Regensbergiana. 1935.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Juan Pastor, O.M.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.