Fernando Cano Almirante

Fernando Cano Almirante O.F.M. was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, who served successively as bishop of Antioquia, Colombia and bishop of Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain.

Biography

Born in Spain in December 1761, he studied for the priesthood and became a member of the Order of the Observant Friars Minor in February 1778.
Pope Pius VI appointed him bishop of Antioquia in Colombia on 11 November 1818 and he was consecrated bishop on 1 October 1820. Pius VI then appointed him to the diocese of Canarias, in the Canary Islands on 17 June 1825. He died while in office in Gran Canaria on 22 September 1826.