Lucas Ramírez Galán

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Tui
Appointed12 December 1770
by Pope Clement XIV
Term ended19 March 1774
PredecessorAntonio Fernández Tobar
SuccessorDomingo Ramón Fernández Angulo
Personal details
Born18 October 1715
Died19 March 1774(1774-03-19) (aged 58)
Ordination history of
Lucas Ramírez Galán
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Galán.

Lucas Ramírez Galán,

Roman Catholic archbishop. He served as Bishop of Tui from 1770 to 1774. Previously, he served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1769 to 1770 and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena
from 1761 to 1769.

Biography

Ramírez was born in Belalcázar, Spain, on 18 October 1715.[1][2]

On 6 April 1761, he was appointed

episcopal consecration was held on 31 May 1761, with Cardinal Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona serving as principal consecrator, and bishops Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja and Domingo Pérez Rivera serving as co-consecrators.[1][2] On 12 June 1769, he was appointed Bishop of Chiapas in New Spain (today part of Mexico).[1]
However, he never ultimately arrived in Chiapas to take leadership of the diocese.

On 15 July 1769 he was selected, and on 21 August confirmed, as the

Bishop of Tui, Spain.[1][2] He died on 19 March 1774.[1][2] During his life, he served as the co-consecrator of three bishops: Cardinal Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas in 1761, Bishop Juan Bautista Cervera, OFMDisc., in 1769, and Archbishop Joaquín de Eleta, OFM, in 1770).[1]

Episcopal lineage

Galán's

episcopal lineage
is listed as follows, with each bishop's year of consecration parenthesized:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Lucas Ramírez Galán [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Diocese of Tui–Vigo, Spain". GCatholic. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

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