Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana

Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (1599 – 18 February 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1640–1649) and Bishop of Chiapas (1639–1640).[1][2][3]

Most Reverend

Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana
Bishop of Cartagena
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cartagena in Colombia
In office1640–1649
PredecessorLuis Córdoba Ronquillo
SuccessorFrancisco Rodríguez de Valcárcel
Orders
Consecration2 January 1640
by Agustín Spínola Basadone
Personal details
Born1599
Madrid, Spain
Died18 February 1649 (age 50)
Cartagena, Colombia
Previous post(s)Bishop of Chiapas (1639–1640)

Biography

Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana was born in Madrid, Spain in 1599 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 3 October 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Chiapas.[1][2] On 2 January 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Agustín Spínola Basadone, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[2] On 8 October 1640, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 18 February 1649.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Durango (1640).[2]

References
  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 137 and 148. (in Latin)
  2. "Bishop Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
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