Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega | |
Bishop of Michoacán | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1574–1588 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina |
Successor: | Alfonso Guerra |
Consecration: | 5 December 1574 |
Consecrated By: | Pedro de Moya y Contreras |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1520 |
Death Date: | 30 June 1588 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Michoacán |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. (27 December 1520 – 30 June 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1574–1588).[1] [2]
Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega was born on 27 December 1520 in Medina del Campo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Michoacán. On 5 December 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro de Moya y Contreras, Archbishop of México, with Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, Bishop of Tlaxcala, serving as co-consecrator.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Graniero Avalos, Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1579). In 1585, he attended the Third Mexican Provincial Council.[3]
He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 30 June 1588.