Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza

Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza, O.F.M. or Joan de Santamaríi Alonso i Valeria (1643–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lérida (1699–1700)^[1] and Bishop of Solsona (1694–1699).^[2]

The Most Reverend Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza
Bishop of Lérida
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Lérida
In office	1699–1700
Predecessor	Miguel Jerónimo de Molina
Successor	Francisco Solís Hervás
Orders
Consecration	14 February 1694 by Gasparo Carpegna
Personal details
Born	1643 Terriente, Italy
Died	15 December 1700 (age 57) Lerida, Spain

Biography

Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza was born in Terriente, Italy in 1643 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^{[3] [4]} On 8 February 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Solsona.^[2][3] On 14 February 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, and Fernando Manuel de Mejia, Bishop of Zamora, serving as co-consecrators.^[3] On 1 June 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Lerida.^[1][3] He served as Bishop of Lerida until his death on 15 December 1700.^[1][3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of José Llinás y Aznar, Bishop of Barcelona (1695), and Jeronimo López, Bishop of Gerona (1696).^[3]