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 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Cuzco |
| Installed | 1892 |
| Term ended | 1909 |
| Predecessor | Pedro José Tordoya |
| Successor | José Gregorio Castro |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 14, 1862 by José de Goyeneche |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1838 |
| Died | May 1, 1909 (aged 70) Cuzco, Peru |
| Buried | Cathedral of Cuzco |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
Biography
editHe 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. 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 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. 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 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.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bishop Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Vargas, Isaías (1956). Monografía de la Santa Basílica Catedral del Cuzco (in Spanish). Garcilaso. p. 133.
- ^ "Boletín del Centro Científico del Cusco". Centro Científico del Cusco (2): 7. 1898.
- ^ "Historia de la casa salesiana de Cusco". Salesianos.pe.