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Juan Ramírez de Arellano (bishop)

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Most Reverend
Juan Ramírez de Arellano
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
In office 1600–1609
Predecessor Pedro Gómez de Córdoba
Successor Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
Orders
Consecration 25 July 1600
by Domenico Ginnasi
Personal details
Died 24 March 1609
Guatemala

Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (died 24 March 1609, in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1600–1609).[1][2]

Biography

Juan Ramírez de Arellano was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] On 12 May 1600, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.[1][3] On 25 July 1600, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Ginnasi, Archbishop of Manfredonia, with Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, and Martín Vasquez de Arce, Bishop of Puerto Rico, serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 24 March 1609.[1][3]

References

Further reading

  • González Ochoa, José María. Fray Juan Ramírez de Arellano: El obispo de los Indios. Logroño, IER–Gobierno de La Rioja, 2011.
  • González Ochoa, José María. "Fray Juan Ramírez de Arellano." Hombres de a pie y de a caballo (conquistadores, cronistas, misioneros en la América colonial de los siglos XVI y XVII). Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares, 2013, pp. 231–248.