Miguel Avellán

Miguel Avellán (April 24, 1580-October 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1633-1650).^[1][2]

Biography

Miguel Avellán was born in Huéscar, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor in 1600.^[1] On June 20, 1633, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Siriensis.^[1] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death in October 1650.^[1]

As auxiliary bishop of a prominent Spanish archdiocese, he participated in many of the country's consecration of bishops serving as the principal consecrator of Antonio González Acevedo, Bishop of Almería (1634); and principal co-consecrator of Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Bishop of Chiapas (1633); Bartolomé Santos de Risoba, Bishop of León (1634); Antonio Valdés Herrera, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1634); Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634); Luis García Rodríguez, Bishop of Orense (1634); Diego Arce Reinoso, Bishop of Tui (1636); Diego Serrano Sotomayor, Bishop of Solsona (1636); Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637); Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán (1638); Diego Rueda Rico, Bishop of Tui (1639); Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639); Antonio Guzmán Cornejo, Bishop of Tui (1640); Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641); Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641); Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá (1642); José de Argáiz Pérez, Bishop of Almería (1642); Juan Piñeiro Osorio, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1643); Antonio Paiño Sevilla, Bishop of Orense (1643); Juan Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, Bishop of Lugo (1643); Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria (1644); Juan Juániz de Echalar, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1645); Juan Ortiz de Zárate (bishop), Bishop of Salamanca (1645); Juan del Pozo Horta, Bishop of Lugo (1646); and Francisco Torres Grijalba, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1648).^[1]

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