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Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola (1643 – February 1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena (1681–1713).

Biography

Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola was born in Jaén, Spain in 1643. On 3 March 1681, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Cartagena. He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death in February 1713.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Diego Ladrón de Guevara, Bishop of Panamá (1689);
• Ignacio de Urbina, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1690);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Michele Maria Dentice, Bishop of Mottola (1697);
• Filippo de Cordova (de' duchi di Suessa), Bishop of Guardialfiera (1697);
• Giuseppe Rottario (Rovero), Bishop of Alba-Pompea (1697);
• Giovanni Fontana, Bishop of Cesena (1697);
• Giuseppe Antonio Bertodano, Bishop of Vercelli (1697);
• Tomaso Giustiniani, Bishop of Chios (1700); and
• Isidoro Bertrán Garcia, Archbishop of Tarragona (1712).

References

1. ^ "Bishop Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
2. Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

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