Diego de Humansoro Carantía explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego de Humansoro Carantía
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Santiago de Chile
Term:1660–1676
Predecessor:Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero
Successor:Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra
Consecration:15 May 1662
Birth Date:Nov 1601
Birth Place:Azcoitia, Spain
Death Date:29 May 1676 (age 74)
Death Place:Santiago de Chile
Nationality:Spanish

Diego de Humansoro Carantía, O.F.M. (1601–1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1660–1676).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Diego de Humansoro Carantía was born in Azcoitia, Spain in Nov 1601 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 26 Jan 1660, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Santiago de Chile.On 15 May 1662, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco, Archbishop of Lima; and installed on 5 Jul 1662. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile until his death on 29 May 1676.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhuma.html "Bishop Diego de Humansoro Carantía, O.F.M."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsacl.html "Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ztia1.htm#5511 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago"