Juan Ramírez de Arellano,
O.P. (died 24 March 1609, in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1600–1609).
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Biography
Juan Ramírez de Arellano was ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...
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On 12 May 1600, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement VIII
Pope Clement VIII ( la, Clemens VIII; it, Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death in March 1605.
Born ...
as
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.
On 25 July 1600, he was consecrated bishop by
Domenico Ginnasi 200px, Cardinal Domenico Ginnasi
Domenico Ginnasi (19 June 1550 in Castel Bolognese – 12 March 1639, in Rome) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church created by Pope Clement VIII.
Biography
Ginnasi was born the third of seven children to ...
,
Archbishop of Manfredonia
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, with
Juan Pedro González de Mendoza,
Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, and
Martín Vasquez de Arce,
Bishop of Puerto Rico, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 24 March 1609.
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17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Guatemala
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII
1609 deaths
Dominican bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Guatemala (pre-1743)
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