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Francisco Suárez de Villegas

Francisco Suárez de Villegas

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Francisco Suárez de Villegas, O. Carm. (died 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Memphis (1649–1664).[1]

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Francisco Suárez de Villegas was born in Lisbon, Portugal and ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel on 24 November 1611.[2] On 9 December 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Memphis.[1][2] On 21 December 1649, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Roma, Bishop of Tivoli, with Onorato Onorati, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado, and Francesco Visconti, Bishop of Cremona, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Memphis until his death on 17 April 1664.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 239. (in Latin)
  2. [2]
    Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco Suárez de Villegas, O. Carm". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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