Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Baltasar de Figueroa | |
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
Term: | 1683–1684 |
Predecessor: | Juan Antonio García de Palacios |
Successor: | Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela |
Birth Date: | 29 Dec 1634 |
Death Date: | 8 Sep 1684 (age 49) |
Death Place: | Santiago de Cuba |
Baltasar de Figueroa, O. Cist. (1634–1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1683–1684).[1]
Baltasar de Figueroa was born in Jaén, Spain on 29 Dec 1634 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 10 May 1683, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death on 8 Sep 1684.