Melchior de Escuda Aybar

Most Reverend
Melchior de Escuda Aybar
Auxiliary Bishop of Seville
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Seville
In office 1671–1679
Orders
Consecration 1671
by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán
Personal details
Born 1631
Seville, Spain
Died 26 March 1679 (age 48)
Seville, Spain
Nationality Spanish

Melchior de Escuda Aybar (1631 – 26 March 1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1671–1679).[1]

Biography

Melchior de Escuda Aybar was born in Seville, Spain.[1] On 24 August 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville and Titular Bishop of Utica.[1] In 1671, he was consecrated bishop by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán, Archbishop of Seville, with Alfonso Vázquez de Toledo, Bishop of Cádiz, and James Lynch, Archbishop of Tuam, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville until his death on 26 March 1679.[1]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alonso Antonio de San Martín, Bishop of Oviedo (1676).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Melchior de Escuda Aybar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]


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