Juan de Valle y Arredondo explained

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]

Biography

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.

References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 198. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeovalle.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B."

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