Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo
Bishop of Nicaragua
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Nicaragua
Term:1630–1631
Predecessor:Benito Rodríguez Valtodano
Successor:Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila
Consecration:16 September 1630
Consecrated By:Juan Guzman
Birth Date:1575
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Death Date:5 July 1631 (age 56)
Death Place:León, Nicaragua
Nationality:Spanish

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M. (1575  - 5 July 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1630–1631).[1] [2]

Biography

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1575 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] On 12 August 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 16 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Guzman, Archbishop of Tarragona with Francisco Olivares Maldonado, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 5 July 1631.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 258. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Blanco Segura, Ricardo. Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. 1984. EUNED . 9789977640792.
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.