Diego Guevara Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego Guevara
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1616–1621
Predecessor:Pedro Matías
Successor:Luis de Cañizares
Consecration:1616
Consecrated By:Pedro Castro Quiñones
Birth Date:1568
Birth Place:Baeza, Spain
Death Date:1621
Death Place:Nueva Caceres

Diego Guevara, O.S.A. (1568–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1616–1621).[1] [2]

Biography

Diego Guevar was born in Baeza, Spain in 1568 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.On 3 August 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nueva Caceres.In 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Castro Quiñones, Archbishop of Seville.He served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death in 1621.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 125. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bguevd.html "Bishop Diego Guevara, O.S.A."