Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza

The Most Reverend
Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza
Bishop of Lérida
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Lérida
In office 1699–1700
Predecessor Miguel Jerónimo de Molina
Successor Francisco Solís Hervás
Orders
Consecration 14 February 1694
by Gasparo Carpegna
Personal details
Born 1643
Terriente, Italy
Died 15 December 1700 (age 57)
Lerida, Spain

Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza, O.F.M. or Joan de Santamaríi Alonso i Valeria (1643–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lérida (1699–1700)[1] and Bishop of Solsona (1694–1699).[2]

Biography

Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza was born in Terriente, Italy in 1643 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] [4] On 8 February 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Solsona.[2][3] On 14 February 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, and Fernando Manuel de Mejia, Bishop of Zamora, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 1 June 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Lerida.[1][3] He served as Bishop of Lerida until his death on 15 December 1700.[1][3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of José Llinás y Aznar, Bishop of Barcelona (1695), and Jeronimo López, Bishop of Gerona (1696).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 227. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 153. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. self-published
  4. ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Gaspar Alonso de Valeria, O.F.M. Disc". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. self-published
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Solsona". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Solsona (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Lleida". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Lleida (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Manuel de Alba		 Bishop of Solsona
1694–1699		 Succeeded by
Guillermo Goñalons
Preceded by
Miguel Jerónimo de Molina y Aragonés		 Bishop of Lérida
1699–1700		 Succeeded by
Francisco Solís Hervás
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