Francisco Olivares Maldonado Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francisco Olivares Maldonado
Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Toledo
Term:1626–1632
Birth Date:1564
Birth Place:Granada, Spain
Death Date:8 March 1632 (age 68)
Death Place:Toledo, Spain
Nationality:Spanish

Francisco Olivares Maldonado (1564  - 8 March, 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1626–1632).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Francisco Olivares Maldonado was born in Granada, Spain in 1564 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 7 September 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Siriensis. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death on 8 March 1632. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, Bishop of Nicaragua (1630); Pedro Moya Arjona, Bishop of Tui (1631); and Facundo de la Torre, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1632).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bolima.html "Bishop Francisco Olivares Maldonado, O.S.A."
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtols.html "Archdiocese of Toledo"