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]
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.