Michael Fitzwalter Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Michael Fitzwalter
Auxiliary Bishop of Seville
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe
Term:1591–1601
Birth Place:Ireland
Death Date:1601
Death Place:Alcala del Rio
Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1596-1601)
Nationality:Spanish

Michael Fitzwalter (also Miguel Gualtero)(died 1601)[1] was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1596–1601).[2] [3] [4] He was also named Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (1591-1601) but never assumed the bishopric.

Biography

Michael Fitzwalter was born in Ireland and attended the English College of St Gregory in Seville, Spain. On 9 August 1591, Michael Fitzwalter was appointed by Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe and consecrated in Venice on 15 August 1591. Although appointed Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, he never returned to Ireland and the diocese was administered by Vicars Apostolic in his absence. In 1596, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville where he served until his death at Alcala del Rio, Spain in 1601.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio de Raya Navarrete, Bishop of Cuzco (1594).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: García Hernán, Enrique. Irlanda y la Monarquía Hispánica: Kinsale 1601-2001: Guerra, Politica, Exilio y religion. 2002. 488. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press . 9788400080679.
  2. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 119. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfitzw.html "Bishop Michael Fitzwalter"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kerr0.htm GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Kerry"