Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Rafael Ripoz | |
Bishop of Perpignan-Elne | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1618–1620 |
Predecessor: | Ramón Ivorra |
Successor: | Francesc Senjust |
Consecration: | 25 November 1618 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1553 |
Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
Death Date: | 17 December 1620 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Perpignan-Elne, France |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Rafael Ripoz, O.P. (1553–1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Perpignan-Elne (1618–1620).[1] [2] [3]
Rafael Ripoz was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1553 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. He was appointed Bishop of Perpignan-Elne on 12 November 1618, during the papacy of Pope Paul V. On 25 November 1618, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Diego Alvarez (archbishop), Archbishop of Trani, and Alessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore), Bishop of Lucca, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Perpignan-Elne until his death on 17 December 1620.