Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Diego Rueda Rico | |
Bishop of Tui | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Tui |
Term: | 1639 |
Predecessor: | Diego Arce Reinoso |
Successor: | Antonio Guzmán Cornejo |
Consecration: | 1639 |
Consecrated By: | Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1575 |
Birth Place: | Granada, Spain |
Death Date: | 8 December 1639 |
Death Place: | Tui, Spain |
Diego Rueda Rico (11 October 1575 – 8 December 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tui (1639).[1] [2]
Diego Rueda Rico was born in Granada, Spain on 11 October 1575. On 7 February 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Tui. In 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Córdoba, with Miguel Avellán, Titular Bishop of Siriensis, and Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Tui until his death on 8 December 1639.