Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana

Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (1599 – 18 February 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1640–1649) and Bishop of Chiapas (1639–1640).[1][2][3]

Most Reverend Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana
Bishop of Cartagena
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cartagena in Colombia
In office	1640–1649
Predecessor	Luis Córdoba Ronquillo
Successor	Francisco Rodríguez de Valcárcel
Orders
Consecration	2 January 1640 by Agustín Spínola Basadone
Personal details
Born	1599 Madrid, Spain
Died	18 February 1649 (age 50) Cartagena, Colombia
Previous post	Bishop of Chiapas (1639–1640)

Biography

Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana was born in Madrid, Spain in 1599 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 3 October 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Chiapas.[1][2] On 2 January 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Agustín Spínola Basadone, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[2] On 8 October 1640, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 18 February 1649.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Durango (1640).[2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 137 and 148. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
3. Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}