Juan de Valle y Arredondo


Juan de Valle y Arredondo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadalajara.

Biography

Juan de Valle y Arredondo was born in San Miguel del Arroyo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 19 March 1607, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Guadalajara. In December 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz, Patriarch of [the West Indies] with Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada, Bishop of Valladolid, and Lucas Duran, Roman Catholic [Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas|Bishop Emeritus of Chiapas] as co-consecrators. In 1617, he resigned as Bishop of Guadalajara; he died on 20 February 1622.