Diego de Muros (bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego de Muros
Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
Term:1487–1492
Predecessor:Pedro Beltrán (bishop)
Successor:Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna
Consecration:31 January 1473
Consecrated By:Šimun Vosić
Birth Date:1405
Death Date:1492
Death Place:Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
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Diego de Muros (also Diego de Moiras) (1405–1492) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1487–1492) and Bishop of Tui (1472–1487).[1] [2] [3] He was one of three bishops of Spain of the same name who served contemporaneously, the others being Diego de Muros (Bishop of Islas Canarias) and Diego de Muros (bishop of Oviedo).[4]

Biography

Diego de Muros was born in Muros, A Coruña, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.On 15 June 1472, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Bishop of Tui. On 31 January 1473, he was consecrated bishop by Šimun Vosić, Archbishop of Bar, with Deodato Bocconi, Bishop of Ajaccio, and Giovanni Andrea de Bussi, Bishop of Aleria, serving as co-consecrators. On 1 June 1487, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VIII as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo. He served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo until his death in 1492.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol II. 258 and 129. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmoiras.html "Bishop Diego de Muros (Moiras), O. de M."
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ciud8.htm#21975 "Bishop Diego de Moiras, O. de M."
  4. Book: García Oro, José . Diego de Muros III y la cultura gallega del siglo XV. 1976 . 15 . Editorial Galaxia . 9788471542465 .