Gregorio de Alarcón

Gregorio de Alarcón
Most Reverend; Gregorio de Alarcón
	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office	1624
Predecessor	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo
Successor	Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
Orders
Ordination	22 December 1576
Consecration	July 1624; by Juan Bravo Lagunas
Personal details
Born	1558; Castillo de Garcimuñoz, Spain
Died	August 1624 (age 66); Santiago de Cuba, Spanish Empire
Nationality	Spanish

Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. (1558 – August 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1624).[1]

Biography

Gregorio de Alarcón was born in Castillo de Garcimuñoz, Spain in 1558 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum on 22 December 1576.[2] On 29 April 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] On July 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Bravo Lagunas, Bishop of Ugento.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in August 1624.[1][2]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba 1624	Succeeded by Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal

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