Bishop Francisco Suárez de Villegas, O. Carm. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic

Titular Bishop of Memphis

Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia

Note(s): (Vicar/Ethiopia)

Events

Date	Event	Title
24 Nov 1611	Professed	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
9 Dec 1649	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia
9 Dec 1649	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Memphis
21 Dec 1649	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Memphis
17 Apr 1664	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Francisco Suárez de Villegas
Bishop Francisco Suárez de Villegas O. Carm.
(died 17 Apr 1664)
Vicar Apostolic

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Ordained Bishop S. Maria in Transpontine, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 14.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giulio Cardinal Roma †
Bishop of Tivoli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Onorato Onorati †
Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado
Bishop Francesco Visconti †
Bishop of Cremona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giulio Cardinal Roma † (1621)
Bishop of Tivoli
Giambattista Cardinal Leni † (1608)
Bishop of Ferrara
Ottavio Cardinal Paravicini † (1584)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † (1563)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Serbelloni † (1557)
Bishop of Novara
Giovanni Angelo Cardinal de’ Medici † (1546)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Bishop Filippo Archinto †
Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Flaminio Marcellino † (1655)
Archbishop Francesco de Estrada † (1659)
Bishop Attilio Pietrasanta, O. Cist. † (1659)
Bishop Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas, O. Carm. † (1659)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Ordained Bishop	S. Maria in Transpontine, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q50300814

Source(s):

b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 179, Number 1,114
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 239
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1649, Number 20
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 68, Number 5,321

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