Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Vallterra was born in
Valencia sometime between 1460 and 1470, the son of Luis de Vich y de Corbera,
seqor of the
Valles de Gallinera y Ebo and
mestre racional (general
controller of accounts) of the
Kingdom of Valencia. Early in his career, he was a
protonotary apostolic. His brother, Jerónimo de Vich, had a long embassy in
Rome.
Pope Leo X made him a
cardinal priest in the
consistory of July 1, 1517. He received the
red hat and the
titular church of
San Marcello al Corso on July 6, 1517. On October 22, 1518, he was named administrator of the
see of Cefalù, a post he held until June 7, 1525. He became the
coadjutor bishop of ,
Bishop of Barcelona, on June 24, 1519; he succeeded as bishop upon the death of Bishop García, taking possession of the see on March 20, 1521. Though he continued to reside at Rome, he held this office until his death. He was
consecrated as a
bishop in Rome by
papal chaplain Paris de Grassis on September 22, 1521. He participated in both the
papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected
Pope Adrian VI, and in the
papal conclave of 1523 that elected
Pope Clement VII. He died in
Casamari Abbey on July 27, 1525. He is buried in
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. ==Bibliography==