Michael Fitzwalter

Most Reverend Michael Fitzwalter
Auxiliary Bishop of Seville
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe
In office	1591–1601
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1596-1601)
Personal details
Born	Ireland
Died	1601 Alcala del Rio
Nationality	Spanish

Michael Fitzwalter (also Miguel Gualtero)(died 1601)^[1] was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1596–1601).^[2]^[3]^[4] He was also named Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (1591-1601) but never assumed the bishopric.^[1]

Biography

Michael Fitzwalter was born in Ireland and attended the English College of St Gregory in Seville, Spain.^[1] On 9 August 1591, Michael Fitzwalter was appointed by Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe^[2]^[3] and consecrated in Venice on 15 August 1591.^[1] Although appointed Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, he never returned to Ireland and the diocese was administered by Vicars Apostolic in his absence.^[1] In 1596, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville where he served until his death at Alcala del Rio, Spain in 1601.^[1]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio de Raya Navarrete, Bishop of Cuzco (1594).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f García Hernán, Enrique (2002). Irlanda y la Monarquía Hispánica: Kinsale 1601-2001: Guerra, Politica, Exilio y religion. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 488. ISBN 9788400080679.
^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 119. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Michael Fitzwalter" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
^ GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Kerry" retrieved January 14, 2016

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla (Italy)". GCatholic.org. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}