Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Montiel | |
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
Term: | 1655–1657 |
Predecessor: | Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz |
Successor: | Pedro de Reina Maldonado |
Consecration: | 16 July 1656 |
Consecrated By: | Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés |
Birth Place: | Ocón, Spain |
Death Date: | 23 December 1657 |
Death Place: | Santiago, Cuba |
Juan de Montiel (died 23 December 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1655–1657).[1]
Juan de Montiel was born in Ocón, Spain.[2] On 14 May 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.On 16 July 1656, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Antequera. On 30 August 1656, he was installed as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba where he served until his death on 23 December 1657.