Alonso de Briceño
Most Reverend Alonso de Briceño | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Diocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) |
| In office | 1653–1668 |
| Predecessor | Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado |
| Successor | |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 12 November 164 by Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1587 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 16 November 1668 Trujillo, Peru |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Nicaragua (1644–1653) |
Alonso de Briceño, O.F.M. of Alonso de Brizeño (1587 – 16 November 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) (1653–1668)[1] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1644–1653).[2][3][4][5]
Biography[]
Alonso de Briceño was born in Santiago, Chile in 1587 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[4] He served as Guardian of the Convent of Lima.[3] On 28 July 1644, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul III on 14 November 1644 as Bishop of Nicaragua.[2][4][5] On 12 November 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá; and installed in December 1645.[4] On 18 August 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.[1][4][5] He never traveled to Caracas to take possession of the see; instead travelling to Trujillo, Peru[3] where he died on 16 November 1668.[3][4]
Episcopal succession[]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[4]
- Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1658) and
- Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes, Bishop of Panamá (1659).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 363.
|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ Jump up to: a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258.
|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ Jump up to: a b c d Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977640792.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Alonso de Briceño, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
External links and additional sources[]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León (Nicaragua)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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