Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza

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The Most Reverend

Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza
Bishop of Lérida
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Lérida
In office1699–1700
PredecessorMiguel Jerónimo de Molina
SuccessorFrancisco Solís Hervás
Orders
Consecration14 February 1694
by Gasparo Carpegna
Personal details
Born1643
Terriente, Italy
Died15 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 , 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 , Bishop of Barcelona (1695), and , Bishop of Gerona (1696).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 227. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help) (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 153. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help) (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Solsona
1694–1699
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bishop of Lérida
1699–1700
Succeeded by
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