Juan Manuel Antonio Ventura Benito Francisco José Bernaldo de Quirós
Abbot of Villoria
(1703–77)

Biographical

Abbot of Villoria
Sumiller de cortina to the King
Canon of Toldeo
Canon of Oviedo Cathedral
Chaplain major of the Royal Discalced Nuns of Madrid

Juan entered the clergy and received minor orders, going on to hold a number of ecclesiastical appointments. He also commissioned the construction of the palace in Oviedo that served as the seat of the Audiencia. He was also a parish priest of San Martín.

Place of birth: Oviedo
Place of baptism: San Tirso de Oviedo (1703)
Place of death: Madrid

Son of Juan Manuel Bernaldo de Quirós and Benita Mariño