Guillermo Raimundo de Vich y de Vallterra ( Catalan: ''Guillem Ramon de Vic i de Vallterra''; ? in

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– July 27, 1525) was a

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in the

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Biography

Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Vallterra was born in

sometime between 1460 and 1470, the son of Luis de Vich y de Corbera, ''seqor'' of the ''Valles de Gallinera y Ebo'' and ''mestre racional'' (general controller of accounts) of the

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. Early in his career, he was a protonotary apostolic. His brother, Jerónimo de Vich, had a long embassy in

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made him a

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in the

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of July 1, 1517. He received the

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and the

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on July 6, 1517. On October 22, 1518, he was named administrator of the see of Cefalù, a post he held until June 7, 1525. He became the

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of ,

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, on June 24, 1519; he succeeded as bishop upon the death of Bishop García, taking possession of the see on March 20, 1521. Though he continued to reside at Rome, he held this office until his death. He was

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as a

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in Rome by papal chaplain

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on September 22, 1521. He participated in both the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected

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, and in the papal conclave of 1523 that elected

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. He died in

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on July 27, 1525. He is buried in

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Bibliography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vich Valltierra, Guillermo Raimundo 16th-century Spanish cardinals Clergy from Valencia 1525 deaths Year of birth unknown