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Juan Guzmán (archbishop)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Successor
  
Pedro Apaolaza Ramírez

Consecration
  
6 November 1622

In office
  
1633–1634

Died
  
Zaragoza, Spain

Predecessor
  
Martín Terrer Valenzuela

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza

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Juan Guzmán, O.F.M. (1572 – 1 March 1634) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zaragoza (1633–1634), Archbishop of Tarragona (1627–1633), and Bishop of Islas Canarias (1622–1627).

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Biography

Juan Guzmán was born in 1572 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 11 July 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Islas Canarias. On 6 November 1622, he was consecrated bishop. On 6 October 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Tarragona. On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Zaragoza. He served as Archbishop of Zaragoza until his death on 1 March 1634.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, Bishop of Nicaragua (1630);
  • Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Bishop of Chiapas (1633);
  • Juan Cebrián Pedro, Bishop of Albarracin (1633); and
  • Gonzalo Chacón Velasco y Fajardo, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1633).

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