Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Baltasar de los Reyes | |
Bishop of Coria | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Coria |
Term: | 1673 |
Predecessor: | Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera |
Successor: | Bernardino León de la Rocha |
Consecration: | 6 May 1668 |
Consecrated By: | Vitaliano Visconti |
Birth Date: | 1606 |
Birth Place: | Riaza, Spain |
Death Date: | 5 May 1673 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Coria, Cáceres, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Orense (1668–1673) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H., (1606 – 5 May 1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Coria (1673) and Bishop of Orense (1668–1673).[1]
Baltasar de los Reyes was born in Riaza, Spain, in 1606 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.[1] On 30 January 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Ourense.On 6 May 1668, he was consecrated bishop by Vitaliano Visconti, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus, with Egidio Colonna (patriarch), Titular Archbishop of Amasea, and Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés, Bishop of Ávila, serving as co-consecrators.On 30 January 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Coria.He served as Bishop of Coria until his death on 5 May 1673. Don Diego Ros de Medrano succeeded him as the Bishop of Ourense on 29 May 1673.