Juan García Manrique (died 1416 in Coimbra) was a Castilian ecclesiastic and statesman.
He was the second son of García II Fernández Manrique de Lara, who was the fifth Lord of Amusco and chief governor of Castile, and of Urraca de Leyva.Descripción genealógica e histórica de la ilustre casa de Sousa, p. 102.
He was archdeacon of Talavera and bishop of OrenseEnrique Flórez: España sagrada, vol. XVII, pp. 134-135. under the protection of his paternal uncle, the Archbishop of Toledo, Gómez Manrique; Upon his death, a part of the Toledo council elected him to occupy the archdiocese of Toledo, while the other part opted for Pedro Cabeza de Vaca, but Pope Gregory XI resolved the dispute by appointing Pedro Tenorio to that purpose.Juan de Mariana: Historia general de España, libro XVII, cap. XIX. Juan García Manrique then occupied the bishopric of Sigüenza, being at the same time chief chancellor of Kings Henry II and John I;Toribio Minguella: Historia de la diócesis de Sigüenza y de sus obispos, vol. II, pp. 75-80. from there he moved to the diocese of BurgosEnrique Flórez: España sagrada, vol. XXVI, pp. 363-364. and from there he was promoted to the archbishopric of Santiago de Compostela,Gil González Dávila: Teatro eclesiástico de las iglesias metropolitanas y catedrales de los reynos de las dos Castillas, vol. I, pp. 71-74. where he stood out as a leader in the armed conflicts that occurred during the crisis of 1383–1385.José Soares da Silva: Memorias para historia de Portugal, libro III, cap. CCXXI.
At the end of the 14th century, having fallen out with the Toledo archbishop Pedro Tenorio and unhappy because the Castilian king Henry III had recognized the Avignon Papacy, he emigrated to Portugal, where with the mediation of the Portuguese king John I He was appointed Archbishop of BragaRodrigo da Cunha: Historia ecclesiastica dos arcebispos de Braga, parte II, cap. LII. and Bishop of Coimbra.Francisco Leitão Ferreira: Catalogo chronologico-critico dos bispos de Coimbra, pp. 134-139.
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