Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe | |
Bishop of Durango | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Durango |
Term: | 1659–1671 |
Predecessor: | Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin |
Successor: | Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño |
Consecration: | 19 December 1660 |
Consecrated By: | Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro |
Birth Date: | 1599 |
Birth Place: | Tecamachalco, México |
Death Date: | 21 September 1671 (age 72) |
Death Place: | Durango, México |
Nationality: | Mexican |
Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe (1599 – 21 September 1671) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Durango (1659–1671).
Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe was born in Tecamachalco, México in 1599.[1] On 17 November 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Durango. On 19 December 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro, Archbishop of México. He served as Bishop of Durango until his death on 21 September 1671.