Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola
Bishop of Cartagena
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Cartagena in Colombia
Term:	1681–1713
Predecessor:	Antonio Sanz Lozano
Successor:	Antonio María Casiani
Birth Date:	1643
Birth Place:	Jaén, Spain
Death Date:	Feb 1713 (age 70)
Death Place:	Cartagena, Colombia
Nationality:	Spanish

Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola (1643 – February 1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena (1681–1713).^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola was born in Jaén, Spain in 1643.On 3 March 1681, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Cartagena.He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death in February 1713.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Diego Ladrón de Guevara, Bishop of Panamá (1689);
• Ignacio de Urbina, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1690);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Cartagena. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbenypie.html "Bishop Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola"
2. Book: Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena. 2016-09-22. 2016-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914121508/http://www.javeriana.edu.co/theologica/descargas.php?archivo=Volumen%20VI%20-%20Seccion%20historica.pdf&idArt=1284&edicion=8. dead.