Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet
Spanish bishop (1528-1578)
Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet (also Miguel Tomás de Taxaquet) (1529 – 9 July 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lérida (1577–1578).
Biography
Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet was born in Lluchmayor, Spain in 1529.
On 8 Nov 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Lérida. On 24 Nov 1577, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Gaspare Viviani, Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Lérida until his death on 9 Jul 1578.
References
External links and additional sources
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Lleida". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Lleida (Spain)".
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