Juan Bravo Lagunas

Most Reverend Juan Bravo Lagunas
Bishop of Ugento
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ugento
In office	1616-1627
Predecessor	Lucas de Franchis
Successor	Luis Jiménez (bishop)
Orders
Consecration	17 Jan 1616 by Pietro Aldobrandini
Personal details
Died	20 Nov 1634

Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A. (died 20 November 1634), also Juan Bravo de Lagunas, was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ugento (1616-1627).^[1][2]

Biography

Juan Bravo Lagunas was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.^[1] On 11 Jan 1616, he was appointed as Bishop of Ugento by Pope Paul V.^[1] On 17 Jan 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Aldobrandini, Archbishop of Ravenna with Orazio Mattei, Bishop of Gerace, and Angelo Rocca, Titular Bishop of Thagaste, as co-consecrators.^[1] He served as Bishop of Ugento until his resignation in 1627.^[1] He died on 20 Nov 1634.^[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of:^[1]

• Gregorio de Alarcón, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1624);
• Bernardino de Almansa Carrión, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1629);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Juan de la Torre Ayala, Bishop of Orense (1622);
• Agustín Antolínez, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1623);
• Melchor Moscoso Sandoval, Bishop of Segovia (1624);
• Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, Bishop of León (1624);
• Juan Roco Campofrío, Bishop of Zamora (1625);
• Miguel Ayala, Bishop of Palencia (1625);
• Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1626);
• Juan Pereda Gudiel, Bishop of Oviedo (1627);
• Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga, Bishop of Islas Canarias (1628);
• Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Osma (1631);
• Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila, Bishop of Nicaragua (1632);
• Martín Carrillo Alderete, Bishop of Oviedo (1633);
• Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Bishop of Chiapas (1633);
• Antonio Valdés Herrera, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1634); and
• Luis García Rodríguez, Bishop of Orense (1634).

References

1. Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Bishop Juan Bravo Lagunas, O.S.A." retrieved February 6, 2016
2. GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca" retrieved February 6, 2016