Juan Rentería Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Juan de Rentería
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Nueva Segovia
Term:	1618–1626
Predecessor:	Miguel García Serrano
Successor:	Hernando Guerrero
Birth Date:	c. 1560
Birth Place:	Guadalajara, Nueva Galicia, Viceroyalty of New Spain
Death Date:	1626
Death Place:	Vigan, Philippines

Juan de Rentería (died 1626) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1618–1626).^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Juan de Rentería was born in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[3] On 5 March 1618, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nueva Segovia.He served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia until his death in 1626.

Notes and References

1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 261. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nseg0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia"
3. Web site: de Renteria . Juan . April 4, 1618 . "Petición del obispo de Nueva Segovia Juan de Rentería, de ayuda de costa para viaje y expedición de sus bulas" . PARES.