page_title: Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva
section_title: Church career
hierarchical_section_title: Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva / Church career
caption_attribution_description: Español: Portada y reja de la capilla de San Leandro de la catedral de Sevilla, (España). La reja fue realizada en el año 1734 por Francisco Guzmán y por Francisco de Ocampo. A la izquierda de la reja que Cierra el acceso a la capilla de San Leandro puede verse el altar del Niño Mudo, y a la derecha el altar de Nuestra Señora de la Alcobilla. La portada barroca en piedra tallada de la capilla de San Leandro fue realizada por Matías de Figueroa y por Diego de Castillejo en 1.733 e imitando la de la vecina capilla de San Isidoro de la catedral de Sevilla, siendo costeada por Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva, obispo de Segovia.
context_page_description: Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva was an 18th-century Catholic Archbishop, the queen's confessor and the Bishop of Segovia in Spain.
context_section_description: Domingo Valentín was ordained a priest on 4 August 1706.
  In 1708 he obtained a doctorate in law in Rome.
  On 26 January 1711, while in Rome, he was granted the benefits of dean and canon in Segovia Cathedral.
  In 1714 he was unexpectedly appointed confessor to Queen Elisabeth Farnese, second wife of King Philip V of Spain.
  He joined the Spanish court, where he stayed for the remainder of his life.
  His duties as the queen's confessor meant he was unable to perform his duties in the cathedral of Segovia.
  In 1715 Pope Clement XI agreed to exempt him from the requirement to live in Segovia.
  In 1724 Pope Benedict XIII gave Philip V permission to build a collegiate church dedicated to the Holy Trinity in the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.
  Philip V made Domingo the first abbot of the college in 1725.
  To take the position he had to renounce his benefits of dean and canon in Segovia Cathedral.
  Philip V also obtained Domingo's appointment as Archbishop of Amida in partibus, which gave him greater status at court.
  Domingo Valentín was appointed Titular Archbishop of Amida on 31 December 1725, and was ordained bishop on 31 March 1726.
  His principal consecrator was Cardinal Carlos de Borja y Centellas, Patriarch of the West Indies.
  His principal co-consecrators were bishops Benito Madueño y Ramos and Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz.
  Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval, Bishop of Segovia, died on 4 November 1727.
  Philip V presented Domingo Valentín as his candidate for the new bishop.
  He was appointed Bishop of Segovia on 8 March 1728.
  On 16 April 1728 an attorney took possession of the seat of the diocese in his name.
  He could not come in person due to his court duties as the queen's confessor.
  Instead he appointed José Francisco Magdaleno as governor of the diocese, responsible for day-to-day administration, who was elevated to Bishop of Teos in partibus.
  Domingo Valentín was the principal consecrator of Cardinal Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor (1734).
  He died on 29 May 1742.
  He was succeeded as Bishop of Segova by Diego García de Medrano, who was appointed on 24 September 1742.
caption: Baroque facade of the chapel of San Leandro in Seville Cathedral, made in 1733 at the expense of Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiva
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