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Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa

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Most Reverend
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
In office 1615–1622
Predecessor Maximilian of Austria
Successor Luis Fernández de Córdoba
Previous posts Archbishop of Salerno (1606–1611)
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz (1611–1615)
Orders
Consecration 8 December 1606
by Ottaviano Paravicini
Personal details
Born 1540
Valencia del Ventoso, Spain
Died 22 May 1622 (age 83)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (1540 – 22 May 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1603–1614), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz (1611–1615), and Archbishop of Salerno (1606–1611).[1]

Biography

Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa was born in Valencia del Ventoso, Spain.[2][3] On 4 December 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Salerno.[1][2] On 8 December 1606, he was consecrated bishop by Ottaviano Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio.[2] On 28 November 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz.[1][2] On 12 January 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[1][2] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 22 May 1622.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Principal Consecrator of Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1614), and Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra), Bishop of Cartagena (1616).[2]

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