García Gil Manrique

Most Reverend García Gil Manrique
Bishop of Barcelona
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Barcelona
In office	1633–1655
Predecessor	Juan Sentís
Successor	Ramón Sentmenat y Lanuza
Orders
Consecration	29 Apr 1618 by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Died	1655 Barcelona, Spain
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1618–1627) Bishop of Gerona (1627–1633)

García Gil Manrique (died 1655) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Barcelona (1633–1655), Bishop of Gerona (1627–1633), and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1618–1627).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Biography

On 5 Mar 1618, García Gil Manrique was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca and Titular Bishop of Utica.^[1] On 29 Apr 1618, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Titular Archbishop of Damascus, and Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 30 Aug 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Gerona.^[1] On 28 Nov 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Barcelona.^[1] He served as Bishop of Barcelona until his death in 1655.^[1]

Episcopal succession

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

• Ramón Sentmenat y Lanuza, Bishop of Vic (1640);
• Damián Lopez de Haro y Villarda, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1644);

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

• Juan de la Torre Ayala, Bishop of Orense (1622);
• Fernando Valdés Llano, Bishop of Teruel (1625);
• Miguel Ayala, Bishop of Palencia (1625);
• Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz), Bishop of Tlaxcala (1626);
• Baltasar Borja, Bishop of Mallorca (1626);
• Sebastião de Matos de Noronha, Bishop of Elvas (1626); and
• Juan Pereda Gudiel, Bishop of Oviedo (1627).

References

1. "Bishop García Gil Manrique" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 26, 2016
2. "Diocese of Cuenca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Cuenca" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Diocese of Girona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Diocese of Girona" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Archdiocese of Barcelona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
7. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barcelona" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016