Nicolás Castells

Nicolás Castells OFMCap (born November 4, 1799 in Barcelona , † September 7, 1873 ) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

Nicolás Castells joined the religious order of the Capuchin in.

On June 19, 1866 Pope Pius IX appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis and ordered him to Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Archdiocese of Baghdad . The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem , Giuseppe Valerga , donated him episcopal ordination on September 9 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Jerusalem, Vincenzo Bracco , and the Armenian-Catholic archbishop of Mardin , Melchiorre Nazarian . On November 23, 1866 Pius IX appointed him. also to the Apostolic Delegate in Mesopotamia , Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia .

personal data
SURNAME	Castells, Nicolás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Castells, Nicolás OFMCap
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish clergyman, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH	November 4, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH	September 7, 1873