Lucas Ramírez Galán
Lucas Ramírez Galán, OFM was a Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop. He served as Bishop of Tui from 1770 to 1774. Previously, he served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1769 to 1770 and Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena from 1761 to 1769.Biography
Ramírez was born in Belalcázar, Spain, on 18 October 1715.
On 6 April 1761, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena and Titular Bishop of Tanis. His episcopal consecration was held on 31 May 1761, with Cardinal Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona serving as principal consecrator, and bishops Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja and Domingo Pérez Rivera serving as co-consecrators. On 12 June 1769, he was appointed Bishop of Chiapas in New Spain. However, he never ultimately arrived in Chiapas to take leadership of the diocese.
On 15 July 1769 he was selected, and on 21 August confirmed, as the Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.Episcopal lineage
Galán's episcopal lineage is listed as follows, with each bishop's year of consecration parenthesized:
