Church Catholic Church Successor Miguel Pérez Lara | In office 1684–1704 Ordination 1653 | |
Predecessor Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez Consecration 1681
by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán Previous post Bishop of Ceuta (1681–1684) Died 28 July 1704, Coria, Cáceres, Spain Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres | ||
Juan de Porras y Atienza (1627–1704) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Coria (1684–1704) and Bishop of Ceuta (1681–1684).
Biography
Juan de Porras y Atienza was ordained a priest in 1653. On 12 May 1681, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ceuta. In 1681, he was consecrated bishop by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán, Archbishop of Seville, with James Lynch, Archbishop of Tuam, and Bishop Antonio Ibarra, Bishop of Cádiz, serving as co-consecrators. On 24 Apr 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Coria. He served as Bishop of Coria until his death on 28 Jul 1704. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pedro de Lepe Orantes, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1686).