Juan Ramírez de Arellano (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Juan Ramírez de Arellano
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
Term:1600–1609
Predecessor:Pedro Gómez de Córdoba
Successor:Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
Consecration:25 July 1600
Consecrated By:Domenico Ginnasi
Death Date:24 March 1609
Death Place:Guatemala

Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (died 24 March 1609, in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1600–1609).[1] [2]

Biography

Juan Ramírez de Arellano was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] On 12 May 1600, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala. On 25 July 1600, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Ginnasi, Archbishop of Manfredonia, with Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, and Martín Vasquez de Arce, Bishop of Puerto Rico, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 24 March 1609.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 207. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 199. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.