Juan Ramírez de Arellano (bishop)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is de Arellano.

Juan Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (died 24 March 1609, in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1600–1609).^[1][2]

Most Reverend Juan Ramírez de Arellano
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
In office	1600–1609
Predecessor	Pedro Gómez de Córdoba
Successor	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
Orders
Consecration	25 July 1600 by Domenico Ginnasi
Personal details
Died	24 March 1609 Guatemala

Biography

Juan Ramírez de Arellano was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[3] On 12 May 1600, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.^[1][3] On 25 July 1600, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Ginnasi, Archbishop of Manfredonia, with Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, and Martín Vasquez de Arce, Bishop of Puerto Rico, serving as co-consecrators.^[3] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 24 March 1609.^[1][3]