Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Bishop of Antequera | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca |
Term: | 1617–1633 |
Predecessor: | Juan de Cervantes |
Successor: | Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1542 |
Birth Place: | México |
Death Date: | September 1633 (age 91) |
Death Place: | Antequera, México |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Coro (1611–1617) |
Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, OP (24 August 1542 – September, 1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera (1617–1633) and Bishop of Coro (1611–1617).[1]
Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa was born in México on 24 August 1542 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] [3] On 17 July 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Coro. On 13 November 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Antequera. He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death in September 1633.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, Bishop of Panamá (1614); Gonzalo de Angulo, Bishop of Coro (1618); and Bernardino de Salazar y Frías, Bishop of Chiapas (1623).