Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Antequera
Term:1655–1656
Predecessor:Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides
Successor:Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos
Consecration:8 January 1640
Consecrated By:Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Birth Date:4 October 1587
Birth Place:Oviedo, Spain
Death Date:6 December 1656 (age 69)
Death Place:Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Previous Post:Bishop of Durango (1639–1655)
Nationality:Spanish

Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. (4 October 1587 – 6 December 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1655–1656) and Bishop of Durango (1639–1655).

Biography

Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés was born in Oviedo, Spain on 4 October 1587 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[1] [2] On 8 August 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Durango.On 8 January 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala, with Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, Bishop of Chiapas, and Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, serving as co-consecrators. On 14 May 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca.He served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca until his death on 6 December 1656.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin, Bishop of Durango (1656); and Juan de Montiel, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1656).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  2. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.