Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
Miguel Avellán,O.F.M. (24 April 1580 – October 1650) was aRoman Catholicprelate who served asAuxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1633–1650).[1][2][3][4]
Miguel Avellán was born inHuéscar, Spain[2] and ordained a priest in theOrder of Friars Minor in 1600.[1][2] On 20 June 1633 he was selected by theKing of Spain and confirmed byPope Urban VIII asAuxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop ofSiriensis.[2] He served asAuxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death in October 1650.[2]
Episcopal succession
[edit]As auxiliary bishop of a prominentSpanish archdiocese, he participated in many of the country's consecration of bishops serving as theprincipal consecrator of:[2]
andprincipal co-consecrator of:[2]
- 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).
