Facundo de la Torre explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Facundo de la Torre
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1631–1640
Predecessor:Bernardino de Almansa Carrión
Successor:Diego de Guevara y Estrada
Consecration:September 1632
Consecrated By:Fernando Valdés Llano
Birth Date:1570
Birth Place:Sahagún, Spain
Death Date:September 25, 1640
Death Place:Santo Domingo
Nationality:Spanish

Facundo de la Torre (also Fernando de la Torre) (1570 – September 25, 1640) was a Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1631–1640).[1]

Biography

Facundo de la Torre was born in Sahagún, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On July 17, 1631, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Urban VIII on January 2, 1632, as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. In September 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando Valdés Llano, Bishop of Teruel with Francisco Olivares Maldonado, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo until his death on September 25, 1640. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, Bishop of Puerto Rico.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdltf.html "Archbishop Facundo (Fernando) de la Torre, O.S.B."