Diego de Romano y Govea explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Diego de Romano y Govea
Bishop of Tlaxcala
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Tlaxcala.
Term:	1578–1606
Predecessor:	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina
Successor:	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Birth Date:	1538
Birth Place:	Valladolid, Spain
Death Date:	April 12, 1606 (age 68)
Death Place:	Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico
Nationality:	Spanish

Diego de Romano y Govea (1538 – 12 April 1606) served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (1578–1606).^[1]

Biography

Diego de Romano y Govea was born in Valladolid, Spain. On January 13, 1578, Pope Gregory XIII appointed him as Bishop of Tlaxcala, and he was accordingly installed on December 2, 1578. In 1585, he attended the Third Mexican Provincial Council.^[2]

He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala until his death on 12 April 1606.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Bartolomé de Ledesma, Bishop of Panamá;
• Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez, Bishop of Guadalajara;
• Ignacio Santibáñez, Archbishop of Manila;
• Pedro de Agurto, Bishop of Cebu;
• Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada;
• Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, Bishop of Paraguay;

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Alfonso Graniero Avalos, Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico). GCatholic.org. March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bromanod.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria)"
2. Poole . Stafford . The Church and the Repartimientos in the Light of the Third Mexican Council, 1585 . The Americas . 1963 . 20 . 1 . 3–36 . 10.2307/979670 . 24 May 2024 . 0003-1615.