(69) 1. BORJA-CENTELLES Y PONCE DE LEÓN, Carlos de (1663-1733)
Birth. April 29 (or March 26), 1663, Gandía, diocese of Valencia, Spain. His last name is also listed as Centelles. Son of the 9th duke of Gandía. Brother of Cardinal Francisco Antonio de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de León (1700)
Education. Colegio de San Ildefonso, University of Alcalá, Alcalá (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Canon and archdeacon of the cathedral chapter of Toledo. Vice-almoner major of the King of Spain. Prior of Santa Marma del Sar and abbot nullius of Alcalá la Real. Named by King Philip V military vicar general, 1702.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Trebisonda, July 20, 1705. Consecrated, monastery of the Incarnation, Discalced Augustinian nuns, November 30, 1705, Madrid, by Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, titular archbishop of Larissa, nuncio in Spain, assisted by Francisco Solís Hervás, O. de M., bishop of Lérida, and by Julián Cano Tevar, O.C.D., bishop of Urgel. Promoted to the titular patriarchate of the West Indies, retaining the titular see, October 3, 1708. Major chaplain and almoner of the King of Spain.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 30, 1720; received the red hat and the title of S. Pudenziana, June 21, 1721. Did not participate in the conclave of 1721. Participated in the conclaves of 1724 and 1730.
Death. August 8, 1733, Real Sitio de San Ildefonso, Segovia. Exposed and buried in that same place.
Bibliography. Guitarte Izquierdo, Vidal. Episcopologio Español (1700-1867). Españoles obispos en españa, América, Filipinas y otros países. Rome : Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica, 1994. (Publicaciones del Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica; Subsidia; 29), p. 18-19.
Link. His genealogy, A1 F4.
(70) 1. CIENFUEGOS VILLAZÓN, S.J., Álvaro (1657-1739)
Birth. February 27, 1657, Agürina-Miranda, diocese of Oviedo, Spain. He is also listed as Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos.
Education. Colegio de San Pelayo, Salamanca, 1672 (law). Entered the Society of Jesus, 1672; professed, 1683. Obtained a master's in theology, Ávila, 1694.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Professor of philosophy, Santiago de Compostela. Professor of theology in Jesuit houses of studies. Professor of public theology, University of Salamanca, 1696-1700. Theologian of the Grand Admiral of Castilla, Juan Tomás Henríquez. Because of his support for Archduke Charles of Austria in the War of Spanish Succession he was confined in Salamanca in 1700. In 1702, when the admiral had to seek refuge in Portugal because of his support of Archduke Charles of Austria in the War of the Spanish Succession, he accompanied him and assisted him in his deathbed. Remained in Portugal until 1715 and was minister of the archduke and visited England and Holland seeking support for his claims. Later, in 1715, he was called to Vienna and proposed for promotion to the cardinalate by the archduke as king of Spain.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 30, 1720; received the red hat and the title of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola, July 16, 1721.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Catania, January 20, 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1721. Chargé d'affaires of the Austrian Empire before the Holy See from 1722. Consecrated, May 26, 1722, Tuesday of Pentecost, Jesuit profesed house, Rome, by Mihály Karl von Althan, archbishop of Bari, assisted by Girolamo Mattei, archbishop of Fermo, and by Sinibaldo Doria, titular archbishop of Patras. Participated in the conclave of 1724. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Monreale, February 21, 1725. Participated in the conclave of 1730. When Sicily fell to Spain in 1734, he was de facto deprived of his archdiocese and named administrator of the diocese of Pécs, Hungary, retaining the archdiocese of Monreale, November 15, 1735. Resigned government of the archdiocese of Monreale, April 24, 1739. A notable theologian, he was the author of celebrated works in theology as well as in history and biography.
Death. August 19, 1739, near 10:30 a.m., Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Ignazio, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in the chapel of the Madonna, in the church of Santissimo Nome di Gesù, Rome.
Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. 9 vols. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1794, VIII, 92-194; Guitarte Izquierdo, Vidal. Episcopologio Español (1700-1867). Españoles obispos en españa, América, Filipinas y otros países. Rome : Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica, 1994. (Publicaciones del Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica; Subsidia; 29), p. 38; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 32, 44, 150 and 276; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730-1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, p. 350.
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