Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez | |
Archbishop of Lanciano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Lanciano |
Term: | 1688–1694 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Antonio Carafa |
Successor: | Giovanni Andrea Monreale |
Consecration: | 24 August 1688 |
Consecrated By: | Carlo Pio di Savoia |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1635 |
Death Date: | 21 July 1694 (age 59) |
Death Place: | Lanciano, Italy |
Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez, O. de M. (1635–1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lanciano (1688–1694).[1] [2]
Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain on 18 June 1635 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.On 9 August 1688, he was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano by Pope Innocent XI.
On 24 August 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Carlo Pio di Savoia, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Pietro de Torres, Archbishop of Dubrovnik, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Archbishop of Lanciano until his death on 21 July 1694.