Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga (1838–1909) was a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cusco from 1892 and 1909.

Juan Antonio Falcón
Bishop of Cuzco
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseCuzco
Installed1892
Term ended1909
PredecessorPedro José Tordoya [es]
SuccessorJosé Gregorio Castro
Orders
OrdinationJune 14, 1862
by José de Goyeneche [es]
Personal details
Born(1838-06-12)June 12, 1838
DiedMay 1, 1909(1909-05-01) (aged 70)
Cuzco, Peru
BuriedCathedral of Cuzco
DenominationRoman Catholicism

Biography

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He was born in Lima on June 12, 1838. He was ordained as a deacon in June 1862 and as a priest in December of that same year by the Archbishop of Lima, José Sebastián de Goyeneche y Barreda [es]. On October 25, 1892, he was selected to be bishop of Cuzco, a see that had been vacant since the death of Bishop Pedro José Tordoya [es] in 1883. The selection was confirmed on January 19, 1893, and on June 29 of that year he was ordained bishop by the Archbishop of Amasea José Macchi [pt]. He occupied the episcopal chair of Cuzco for 18 years until his death on May 1, 1909.[1] He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Cuzco.[2]

During his administration, the support he provided to the Scientific Centre of Cuzco [es] stands out, an academic organisation founded in 1897 whose purpose was to carry out geographical studies of the department of Cuzco to provide them to the Peruvian government.[3] Likewise, he signed the agreement for the arrival of the Salesian Congregation to Cuzco in 1905 for the founding of the Salesian School of Cuzco [es].[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ Vargas, Isaías (1956). Monografía de la Santa Basílica Catedral del Cuzco (in Spanish). Garcilaso. p. 133.
  3. ^ "Boletín del Centro Científico del Cusco". Centro Científico del Cusco (2): 7. 1898.
  4. ^ "Historia de la casa salesiana de Cusco". Salesianos.pe.