Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro de la Peña y Montenegro
Bishop of Quito
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Quito
Term:1653–1687
Predecessor:Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
Successor:Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Consecration:April 1654
Consecrated By:Cristóbal de Torres, O.P.
Birth Date:29 April 1596
Birth Place:Padrón, Kingdom of Galicia, Crown of Castile
Death Date:1687 (age 90)
Death Place:Quito, Royal Audiencia of Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire

Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (29 Apr 1596 – 1687) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1653–1687).[1] [2]

Biography

Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro was born in Padrón, in the Kingdom of Galicia, Castile, on 29 April 1596. On 4 March 1653, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 18 August 1653 as Bishop of Quito. In April 1654, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1687.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 290. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdlpemo.html "Bishop Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro"