Juan Alonso y Ocón

The Most Reverend Juan Alonso y Ocón
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
In office	1651-1656
Predecessor	Pedro de Oviedo Falconi
Successor	Gaspar de Villarroel
Orders
Consecration	1638 by Diego Castejón Fonseca
Personal details
Born	March 21, 1597 Villa de Ocón, Spain
Died	October 12, 1656 Yucatán
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Yucatán (1638–1642) Bishop of Cuzco (1642–1651)

Juan Alonso y Ocón (March 21, 1597 – October 12, 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1651-1656), Bishop of Cuzco (1642–1651), and Bishop of Yucatán (1638–1642).

Biography

Juan Alonso y Ocón was born in Villa de Ocón, Spain. On June 14, 1638, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Yucatán. He was consecrated bishop by Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop Emeritus of Lugo with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, serving as co-consecrators. On November 3, 1642, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on August 31, 1643 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cuzco. On April 2, 1651, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas where he served until his death on October 12, 1656.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);

and the principal co-consecrator of

• Diego Rueda Rico, Bishop of Tui (1639);
• Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1639);
• Cesare Facchinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1639);
• Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval, Bishop of Zamora (1639);
• Mendo de Benavides, Bishop of Segovia (1639); and
• Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1639).