Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Valle y Arredondo | |
Bishop of Guadalajara | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Guadalajara |
Term: | 1607–1617 |
Predecessor: | Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar |
Successor: | Francisco de Rivera y Pareja |
Consecration: | December 1607 |
Consecrated By: | Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz |
Birth Date: | 1567 |
Birth Place: | San Miguel del Arroyo, Spain |
Death Date: | 20 February 1622 (age 55) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Juan de Valle y Arredondo (1567 - 20 February 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadalajara (1607–1617).[1] [2]
Juan de Valle y Arredondo was born in San Miguel del Arroyo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 19 March 1607, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Guadalajara. In December 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz, Patriarch of the West Indies with Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada, Bishop of Valladolid, and Lucas Duran, Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas as co-consecrators. In 1617, he resigned as Bishop of Guadalajara; he died on 20 February 1622.