Juan de Guevara

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Ordination history of
Juan de Guevara
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorLuigi Caetani
Co-consecratorsAntonio Santacroce [it] and Pietro Francesco Montorio
Date11 April 1627
Painted portrait of Giovanni Guevara (Juan de Guevara) at the Generalate of the Order of Clerics Regular Minor (CRM) in Rome, Italy, during his term as General Superior of the Order in 1619-1627.

Juan de Guevara or Giovanni Guevara (died August 1641) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Teano (1627–1641).[1]

Biography

[edit]

Juan de Guevara was a professed religious of the Order of Clerics Regular Minor who was elected Superior General of the Order from 1619 to 1627.

On 22 March 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Teano.[1][2] On 11 April 1627, he was consecrated bishop by Luigi Caetani, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana, with Antonio Santacroce, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, and Pietro Francesco Montorio, Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Teano until his death on August 1641.[1][2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 331. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan de Guevara, C.R.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
[edit]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Teano
1627–1641
Succeeded by