Miguel de Poblete Casasola explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Miguel de Poblete Casasola
Archbishop of Manila
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
Term:1649–1667
Predecessor:Fernando Montero Espinosa
Successor:Juan López
Consecration:September 9, 1650
Consecrated By:Juan de Mañozca y Zamora
Birth Date:1602
Birth Place:Mexico City, Viceroy of New Spain
Death Date:December 8, 1667
Death Place:Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Nationality:Spanish

Miguel de Poblete Casasola or Miguel Millán de Poblete (1602  - December 8, 1667) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1640)[1] and Archbishop of Manila (1649–1667).[2] [3]

Biography

Miguel de Poblete Casasola was born in Mexico City. In 1640, he resigned as Bishop of Nicaragua.[4] On May 20, 1648, Pope Innocent X appointed him Archbishop of Manila. On January 1, 1649, he was confirmed to the position and on September 9, 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Mañozca y Zamora, Archbishop of Mexico. He served as Archbishop of Manila until his death on December 8, 1667. While bishop, he was the Principal Consecrator of Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1651); and Rodrigo Cárdenas, Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1651).

His nephew was José Millán de Poblete, Bishop-elect of Nueva Segovia.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Cumplido . Ignacio . Segundo calendario portatil de Ignacio Cumplido, para el año de 1837 . 1836 . Printed by his owner at his office in charge . Calle de los Rebeldes No. 2, Mexico City . 26 . 24 September 2018.
  2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 230. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpobca.html "Archbishop Miguel de Poblete Casasola"
  4. Web site: The Archbishops of Manila (First-Present) . Manila Cathedral Website . 24 September 2018 . en.
  5. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34384/34384-h/34384-h.htm The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - "The Augustinians in the Philippines, 1670–94"