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Most Reverend
Juan Pastor
Bishop of Crotone
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Crotone-Santa Severina
In office 1638–1664
Predecessor Niceforo Melisseno Comneno
Successor Girolamo Carafa
Orders
Consecration 12 September 1638
by Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Personal details
Died 1664
Crotone, Italy

Juan Pastor, O.M. (died 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Crotone (1638–1664).[1]

Biography

Juan Pastor was ordained a priest in the Order of the Minims.[2] On 30 August 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Crotone.[1][2] On 12 September 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Crotone until his death in 1664.[2] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1644).[2]

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