Most Reverend Francisco Suárez de Villegas | |
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Titular Bishop of Memphis | |
Church | Catholic Church |
In office | 1649–1664 |
Predecessor | Jacobus Wemmers |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 November 1611 |
Consecration | 21 December 1649 by Giulio Roma |
Personal details | |
Died | 17 April 1664 |
Francisco Suárez de Villegas, O. Carm. (died 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Memphis (1649–1664). [1]
Francisco Suárez de Villegas was born in Lisbon, Portugal and ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel on 24 November 1611. [2] On 9 December 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Memphis. [1] [2] On 21 December 1649, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Roma, Bishop of Tivoli, with Onorato Onorati, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado, and Francesco Visconti, Bishop of Cremona, serving as co-consecrators. [2] He served as Vicar Apostolic and Titular Bishop of Memphis until his death on 17 April 1664. [1] [2]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: [2]