Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín | |
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Term: | 1699–1700 |
Predecessor: | Juan de los Ríos y Berriz |
Successor: | Pedro Vásquez de Velasco |
Consecration: | 1684 |
Consecrated By: | Cardinal Savio Millini |
Birth Date: | August 16, 1646 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Death Date: | 1700 (age 53) |
Death Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
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Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, O. de M. (August 16, 1646 – 1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1699–1700) and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1683–1699).[1] [2]
Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín was born in Lima, Peru. In 1666, he was ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On May 22, 1683, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on November 15, 1683, by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Puerto Rico. In 1684, he was consecrated Bishop by Savio Millini, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto. On June 1, 1699, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He was Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1700.