Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 235. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdtorree.html "Archbishop Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez, O. de M."