Spanish Premonstratensian canon regular and prelate
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Galavís and the second or maternal family name is
Mendez .
Juan de Galavís y Mendez , OPraem (29 January 1683 – 14 November 1739) was a Spanish Premonstratensian canon regular and a prelate of the Catholic Church in what is now the Dominican Republic and Colombia . He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo from 1731 to 1737 and as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1737 to 1739. He is the brother and uncle of two mayors of Bogotá , Pedro Galavís y Mendez and Eustaquio Galavís y Hurtado , respectively.
Galavís was born in Robledillo de Gata , Extremadura . He became abbot of his monastery and superior general of the Spanish congregation of the Premonstratensians. He went on to serve as rector of a school in Salamanca and a professor of theology at the University of Salamanca . In September 1729, he was selected by King Philip V to be Archbishop of Santo Domingo. His appointment was confirmed later that year by Pope Benedict XIII and he was consecrated in April 1731. He remained in Santo Domingo until 1737, when he was selected to be the next Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada . He arrived in Bogotá on 29 July 1739 to take possession of the archdiocese, but died a few months later.
Early life and family
Galavís was born on 29 January 1683 in Robledillo de Gata , Extremadura , Spain .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 2] Pedro Galavís y Mendez , who went on to serve as Mayor of Bogotá .[ 2] Eustaquio Galavís y Hurtado , also became Mayor of Bogotá, serving two nonconsecutive terms in the 1780s and 1790s.[ 4]
Priesthood
Galavís studied in Ávila , Spain.[ 2] final vows as a Premonstratensian priest in 1723, also called the Norbertines, and became a canon regular .[ 2] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 3] [ 8] Superior General of the Spanish Congregation of Premonstratensians .[ 2] [ 6] [ 8] [ 7] Colegio San Norberto in Salamanca , León , and a professor of theology and Scripture at the University of Salamanca .[ 3] [ 6] [ 8]
Episcopacy
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
On 17 September 1729, Galavís was selected by King Philip V of Spain as the next Archbishop of Santo Domingo , following the death of Archbishop Francisco Mendigaña y Armendáriz .[ 1] [ 2] Pope Benedict XIII .[ 1] [ 2] [ 7] episcopal consecration took place in April 1731 at the Church of Santa María de la Caridad in Ciudad Rodrigo , Spain.[ 1] [ 3] consecrator was Sebastián Lorenzo Pizarro , OSBas , the Bishop of Puerto Rico .[ 1] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
On 17 December 1737 Galavís was selected to be Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (now the Archdiocese of Bogotá ), after the death of Archbishop Antonio Claudio Álvarez de Quiñones .[ 1] [ 2] [ 8] Pope Clement XII on 3 March 1738.[ 1] [ 3] Bogotá on 29 July 1939 to take possession of the archdiocese.[ 2] [ 6] [ 7] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 6] [ 7]
Episcopal lineage
References
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Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Bogotá
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