Alonso de Briceño

Alonso de Briceño
Most Reverend; Alonso de Briceño
	Bishop of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela)
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela)
In office	1653–1668
Predecessor	Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Successor	Antonio González de Acuña
Orders
Consecration	12 November 164; by Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez
Personal details
Born	1587; Santiago, Chile
Died	16 November 1668; Trujillo, Peru
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Nicaragua (1644–1653)

Alonso de Briceño, O.F.M. of Alonso de Brizeño (1587 – 16 November 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) (1653–1668)[1] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1644–1653).[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Alonso de Briceño was born in Santiago, Chile in 1587 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[4] He served as Guardian of the Convent of Lima.[3] On 28 July 1644, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul III on 14 November 1644 as Bishop of Nicaragua.[2][4][5] On 12 November 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá; and installed in December 1645.[4] On 18 August 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.[1][4][5] He never traveled to Caracas to take possession of the see; instead travelling to Trujillo, Peru[3] where he died on 16 November 1668.[3][4]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[4]

Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 363. (in Latin)
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977640792.
Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Alonso de Briceño, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León (Nicaragua)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Miguel de Poblete Casasola	Bishop of Nicaragua 1644–1653	Succeeded by Tomás Manso
Preceded by Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado	Bishop of Caracas (Santiago de Venezuela) 1653–1668	Succeeded by Antonio González de Acuña

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