Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa

Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa
His Excellency; Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa; O.S.Io.Hieros.
	Bishop of Malta
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Malta
Appointed	12 February 1635
In office	1635-1663
Predecessor	Baldassare Cagliares
Successor	Lucas Buenos
Orders
Consecration	18 February 1635; by Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	1597; Spain
Died	5 December 1663 (age 66); Malta
Nationality	Spanish

Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa also known as Miguel Balaguer (1597 – 5 December 1663) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Malta from 1635-1663.[1]

Biography

Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa was born in Spain. Upon the death of Bishop Baldassare Cagliares, Grandmaster Antoine de Paule and the council recommended that Balaguer be appointed bishop of Malta. Pope Urban VIII accepted Balaguer's nomination and formally appointed him to the see of Malta on February 12, 1635. He was ordained bishop on February 18, 1635 and installed as Bishop of Malta on March 25, 1635.

During his episcopacy Balaguer donated a wooden crucifix by Innocenzo da Petralia Soprano (1592-1648), a Franciscan friar from Sicily which today is found in the Chapel of the Holy Crucifix in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina.[2] Also Bishop Balaguer consecrated the oldest bell in Malta dating from Medieval times. The bell, christened Petronilla was, reconsecrated on August 7, 1645 and installed in its place in the cathedral's belfry.[3]

His episcopacy is characterised with accusations and conflict with lay persons, the Inquisitors and the knights. There were numerous occasions where Bishop Balaguer was about to resign though at the same time he was needed to reform the much slacking diocese. He had a rather long episcopacy of 28 years. He died as a result of a stroke on December 5, 1663 at the age of 66.

gollark: I mean, PotatOS "exists", but isn't a physical object.

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gollark: Anyway, if you actually *did* end up breaking consciousness if you swapped out half the atoms in your brain at once, and this was externally verifiable because the conscious thing complained, that would probably have some weird implications. Specifically, that the physical processes involved somehow notice this.

gollark: I mean, apart from the fact that it wasn't livable in the intervening distance, which might be bad in specifically the house case.

References

"The Metropolitan Cathedral", Reach Malta. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.
"Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa", Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.
"Island's oldest bell restored", Times of Malta, Malta, 22 October 2007. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.

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[1] "The Metropolitan Cathedral", Reach Malta. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.

[2] "Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa", Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.

[3] "Island's oldest bell restored", Times of Malta, Malta, 22 October 2007. Retrieved on 22 July 2015.