Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides | |
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca |
Term: | 1639–1652 |
Predecessor: | Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal |
Successor: | Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés |
Consecration: | 1640 |
Consecrated By: | Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1594 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Death Date: | 26 July 1652 (age 45) |
Death Place: | Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (24 August 1594 – 26 July 1652) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1639–1652).
Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides was born in Madrid, Spain on 24 August 1594. On 27 June 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca.[1] In 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco, Archbishop of Lima, with Antonio Corderiña Vega, Bishop of Santa Marta, and Francisco de la Serna, Bishop of Popayán, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death on 26 July 1652. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Bartolomé González Soltero, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1643).