Gregorio de Alarcón

Most Reverend
Gregorio de Alarcón
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office 1624
Predecessor Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo
Successor Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
Orders
Ordination 22 December 1576
Consecration July 1624
by Juan Bravo Lagunas
Personal details
Born 1558
Castillo de Garcimuñoz, Spain
Died August 1624 (age 66)
Santiago de Cuba, Spanish Empire
Nationality Spanish

Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. (1558 – August 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1624).[1]

Biography

Gregorio de Alarcón was born in Castillo de Garcimuñoz, Spain in 1558 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum on 22 December 1576.[2] On 29 April 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] On July 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Bravo Lagunas, Bishop of Ugento.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in August 1624.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 206. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo		 Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
1624		 Succeeded by
Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
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