Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet | |
Bishop of Lérida | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lérida |
Term: | 1577–1578 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Agustín |
Successor: | Carlos Domenech |
Consecration: | 24 Nov 1577 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Antonio Santorio |
Birth Date: | 1529 |
Birth Place: | Lluchmayor, Spain |
Death Date: | 9 Jul 1578 (age 49) |
Death Place: | Lérida, Spain |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet (also Miguel Tomás de Taxaquet) (1529 - 9 July 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lérida (1577–1578).[1]
Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet was born in Lluchmayor, Spain in 1529.On 8 Nov 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Lérida. On 24 Nov 1577, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Gaspare Viviani, Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lérida until his death on 9 Jul 1578.