Miguel Avellán
Most Reverend Miguel Avellán | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Toledo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1600 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1580 |
| Died | October 1650 (age 70) Toledo, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Miguel Avellán, O.F.M. (24 April 1580 – October 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1633–1650).[1][2][3][4]
Biography[edit]
Miguel Avellán was born in Huéscar, Spain[2] and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor in 1600.[1][2] On 20 June 1633 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Siriensis.[2] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death in October 1650.[2]
Episcopal succession[edit]
As auxiliary bishop of a prominent Spanish archdiocese, he participated in many of the country's consecration of bishops serving as the principal consecrator of:[2]
and principal co-consecrator of:[2]
- Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Bishop of Chiapas (1633);
- Bartolomé Santos de Risoba, Bishop of León (1634);
- Antonio Valdés Herrera, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1634);
- Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634);
- Luis García Rodríguez, Bishop of Orense (1634);
- Diego Arce Reinoso, Bishop of Tui (1636);
- Diego Serrano Sotomayor, Bishop of Solsona (1636);
- Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637);
- Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán (1638);
- Diego Rueda Rico, Bishop of Tui (1639);
- Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);
- Antonio Guzmán Cornejo, Bishop of Tui (1640);
- Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641);
- Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641);
- Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá (1642);
- José de Argáiz Pérez, Bishop of Almería (1642);
- Juan Piñeiro Osorio, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1643);
- Antonio Paiño Sevilla, Bishop of Orense (1643);
- Juan Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, Bishop of Lugo (1643);
- Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria (1644);
- Juan Juániz de Echalar, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1645);
- Juan Ortiz de Zárate (bishop), Bishop of Salamanca (1645);
- Juan del Pozo Horta, Bishop of Lugo (1646); and
- Francisco Torres Grijalba, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1648).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 317.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop Miguel Avellán, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
