Jerónimo Domín Funes

Most Reverend

Jerónimo Domín Funes
Bishop of Gaeta
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Gaeta
In office1636–1650
PredecessorJacinto del Cerro
SuccessorGabriel Ortiz de Orbé
Orders
Consecration21 December 1637
by Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz
Personal details
Born9 January 1576
Calatayud, Spain
Died23 April 1650 (age 74)
Gaeta, Italy

Jerónimo Domín Funes (9 January 1576 – 23 April 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gaeta (1636–1650).[1]

Biography

Jerónimo Domín Funes was born in Calatayud, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.[2] On 30 December 1636, he was selected as Bishop of Gaeta and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 14 December 1637.[1][2] On 21 December 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via, with Diego Requeséns, Titular Archbishop of Cartagine, and Biago Proto de Rubeis, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Gaeta until his death on 23 April 1650.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jacobus Wemmers, Titular Bishop of Memphis (1645).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 127. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Jerónimo Domín Funes, O. Carm". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Preceded by Bishop of Gaeta
1636–1650 		Succeeded by


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