José Millán de Poblete was a
Roman Catholic
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prelate who served as
Bishop-elect of Nueva Segovia (1675–?).
[ ''(in Latin)'']["Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia"]
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Biography
José Millán de Poblete was born in
Mexico
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in 1635,
[ ] the nephew of
Miguel Millán de Poblete,
Archbishop of Manila.
[The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - "The Augustinians in the Philippines, 1670–94"]
p 120 - November 20, 2010 , ''"With appointment as bishop of Nueva Segovia came the dean of Manila, Master Don José Millán de Poblete, a priest of much virtue and discretion, and nephew of the archbishop Doctor Don Miguel Millán de Poblete, of honored memory. The vigorous age at which this dignity came to him (for he was not yet fifty) did not enable him to enjoy it ong for he lived very few years in the government of that church, not long enough to reach his consecration—with general regret in these islands at having lost a grand prelate, heir to the many virtues of his uncle."'' On 27 May 1675, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement X as
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
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References
1635 births
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines
Roman Catholic bishops of Nueva Segovia
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