Church Catholic Church Nationality Spanish Consecration April 1586 | In office 1594-1603 Died Orihuela, Spain | |
Predecessor Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster Successor Andrés Balaguer Salvador Previous post Bishop of Vieste (1586-1589) Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante | ||
José Esteve Juan (also Giuseppe Esteve Stefano)(1550 – 2 November, 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Orihuela (1594-1603) and Bishop of Vieste (1586-1589).
Biography
José Esteve Juan was born in Valencia, Spain in 1550. On 17 Mar 1586, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Vieste. On Apr 1586, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Marco Antonio Marsilio, Archbishop of Salerno, and Scipione de Tolfa, Archbishop of Trani, serving as co-consecrators. In 1589, he resigned as Bishop of Vieste. On 12 Jan 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Orihuela. He served as Bishop of Orihuela until his death on 2 Nov 1603. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale (1588); and Alfonso Laso Sedeño, Bishop of Gaeta (1588).