Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Andrés de Ubilla | |
Bishop of Michoacán | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Michoacán |
Term: | 1603 |
Predecessor: | Domingo de Ulloa |
Successor: | Juan Fernández de Rosillo |
Ordination: | 22 July 1558 |
Birth Date: | 1540 |
Death Date: | May 1603 (age 63) |
Death Place: | Michoacán, México |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Chiapas (1592–1603) |
Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (1540 – May 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1603) and Bishop of Chiapas (1592–1603).[1] [2] [3]
Andrés de Ubilla was born in Eibar, Spain in 1540 and ordained as a priest in the Order of Preachers on 22 July 1558. In 1587 Andrés was accused of inappropriate behavior by Diego Durán.[4] On 21 May 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Chiapas.On 29 January 1603, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Michoacán.He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death in May 1603.