title: Juan Bonilla (bishop)
text: # Juan Bonilla (bishop)
  
  Juan Bonilla, O. Carm. (19 April 1636 – April 1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ariano (1689–1696).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Juan Bonilla was born in Valladolid, Spain on 19 April 1636 and ordained a priest in the Order of Carmelites. On 28 February 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ariano. On 6 March 1689, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Alberto Mugiasca, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia, and Alberto Sebastiano Botti, Bishop of Albenga, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ariano until his death April 1696.
  
  