José Esteve Juan (also Giuseppe Esteve Stefano) (1550 – 2 November 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1594–1603) and

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Biography

José Esteve Juan was born in Valencia, Spain in 1550. On 17 March 1586, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as

. On April 1586, he was consecrated bishop by

Giulio Antonio Santorio Giulio Antonio Santorio (6 June 1532 – 9 May 1602) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Santorio was born in Caserta. He served as Archbishop of Santa Severina from 1566 until his death.

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, with Marco Antonio Marsilio, Archbishop of Salerno, and

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, Archbishop of Trani, serving as co-consecrators. In 1589, he resigned as Bishop of Vieste. On 12 January 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. He served as Bishop of Orihuela until his death on 2 November 1603.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of: * Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale (1588); and * Alfonso Laso Sedeño, Bishop of Gaeta (1588).

References

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