Alfonso Manrique
Roman Catholic archbishop
Alfonso Manrique (1560 – 27 September 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Burgos (1604–1612).
Biography
Alfonso Manrique was born in Spain in 1560.
On 20 October 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Archbishop of Burgos.
On 24 October 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Aldobrandini, Archbishop of Ravenna, with Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Tommaso Lapis, Bishop of Fano, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Archbishop of Burgos until his death on 27 September 1612.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos and Titular Bishop of Sidon (1605).
References
External links and additional sources
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Burgos". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel.
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