Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (1599 – 18 February 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1640–1649) and
Bishop of Chiapas
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Biography
Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana was born in
Madrid
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,
Spain
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in 1599 and ordained a priest in the
Cistercian Order
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.
On 3 October 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Urban VIII
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as
Bishop of Chiapas
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.
On 2 January 1640, he was
consecrated
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Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
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He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 18 February 1649.
While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator
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of
Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés
Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Order of Saint Benedict, O.S.B. (4 October 1587 – 6 December 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1655–1656) and Bishop of Durango (1639–16 ...