Diego López de la Vega explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego López de la Vega
Bishop of Coria
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Coria
Term:1658–1659
Predecessor:Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez
Successor:Francisco de Gamboa
Consecration:6 March 1650
Consecrated By:Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Birth Date:1591
Birth Place:Tortuera, Spain
Death Date:5 June 1659 (age 68)
Death Place:Coria, Cáceres, Spain
Previous Post:Bishop of Badajoz (1649–1658)
Nationality:Spanish

Diego López de la Vega (1591 – 5 June 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Coria (1658–1659) and Bishop of Badajoz (1649–1658).[1] [2]

Biography

Diego López de la Vega was born in Tortuera, Spain in 1591.On 29 April 1649, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 23 August 1649 as Bishop of Badajoz.On 6 March 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala.On 28 January 1658, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Coria.He served as Bishop of Coria until his death on 5 June 1659.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 269 and 143. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blopezdlv.html "Bishop Diego López de la Vega"