Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btax.html "Bishop Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet"