Michael Fitzwalter (also Miguel Gualtero)(died 1601)[1] was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1596–1601).[2][3][4] He was also named Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (1591-1601) but never assumed the bishopric.[1]
Biography
Michael Fitzwalter was born in Ireland and attended the English College of St Gregory in Seville, Spain.[1] On 9 August 1591, Michael Fitzwalter was appointed by Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe[2][3] and consecrated in Venice on 15 August 1591.[1] Although appointed Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, he never returned to Ireland and the diocese was administered by Vicars Apostolic in his absence.[1] In 1596, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville where he served until his death at Alcala del Rio, Spain in 1601.[1]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio de Raya Navarrete, Bishop of Cuzco (1594).[3]
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