Francesco Ramírez,
O.P. (14 February 1648 – 27 August 1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (1697–1715) and
Archbishop of Brindisi
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Spain on 14 February 1648 and ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers.
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On 28 February 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XI
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as
Archbishop of Brindisi
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium ( la, Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.[consecrated
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bishop by
Galeazzo Marescotti,
Cardinal-Priest of
Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with
Alberto Mugiasca
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Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia, and
Alberto Sebastiano Botti,
Bishop of Albenga
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, serving as
co-consecrators
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On 26 August 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XII as
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento.
He served as Bishop of Agrigento until his death on 27 August 1715.
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI
Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII
1648 births
1715 deaths
Dominican bishops
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