Melchor Soria Vera Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Melchor Soria Vera
Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo
Titular Bishop of Troas
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Toledo
Term:1602–1643
Death Date:1643
Death Place:Toledo, Spain

Melchor Soria Vera (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1602–1643) and Titular Bishop of Troas (1602–1643).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

On 17 June 1602, Melchor Soria Vera was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Troas. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death in 1643.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsoriav.html "Bishop Melchor Soria Vera"
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtols.html "Archdiocese of Toledo"