Ramón José de Arce

Ramón José de Arce was born in Selaya, Cantabria in 1757.Spanish Wikipedia He was educated at the Colegio Mayor de Cuenca of the University of Salamanca. After university he became an official in the Finance Ministry of the Real Junta de Juros. He then became a member of the Council of Castile.

He was appointed Archbishop of Burgos on December 18, 1797,[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/barce.html Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org]{{Self-published source|date=January 2017}} and was appointed Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition at the same time. He was consecrated as a bishop on March 4, 1798. He was translated to the Archbishopric of Zaragoza on July 20, 1801. He was appointed Patriarch of the West Indies on August 26, 1806.

Spain was invaded by the First French Empire in 1808, becoming a client state of the French Empire. A series of sermons that Arce delivered during the occupation were widely believed to be pro-French.[http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=1206 Gran Enciclopedio Aragonesa] As such, after Spain regained its independence during the Peninsular War in 1814, there was pressure on Arce to resign. He resigned his archbishopric and patriarchate on July 15, 1816.[http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=1206 Gran Enciclopedio Aragonesa], [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/barce.html Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org]{{Self-published source|date=January 2017}} He subsequently lived in exile in Paris, where he died on February 16, 1844.

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