Juan Alonso y Ocón

Juan Alonso y Ocón (March 21, 1597 – October 12, 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1651-1656), Bishop of Cuzco (1642–1651), and Bishop of Yucatán (1638–1642).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Biography

Juan Alonso y Ocón was born in Villa de Ocón, Spain.^[1] On June 14, 1638, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Yucatán.^[1] He was consecrated bishop by Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop Emeritus of Lugo with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On November 3, 1642, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on August 31, 1643 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cuzco.^[1] On April 2, 1651, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas where he served until his death on October 12, 1656.^[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[1]

• Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Diego Rueda Rico, Bishop of Tui (1639);
• Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1639);
• Cesare Facchinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1639);
• Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval, Bishop of Zamora (1639);
• Mendo de Benavides, Bishop of Segovia (1639); and
• Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1639).

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Juan Alonso y Ocón" retrieved January 12, 2016
2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. ↑ "Archdiocese of Sucre" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. ↑ GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco" retrieved November 16, 2015
5. ↑ GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán" retrieved December 31, 2015