Juan de la Torre y Castro explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Juan de la Torre y Castro
Bishop of Nicaragua
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Nicaragua
Term:1661–1662
Predecessor:Tomás Manso
Successor:Alfonso Bravo de Laguna
Consecration:Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
Consecrated By:1662
Birth Date:1607
Birth Place:Arrancarra de Aranxo, Spain
Death Date:December 1662 (age 55)
Death Place:León, Nicaragua

Juan de la Torre y Castro or Juan de la Torres y Castro (1607  - December 1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1661–1662).[1] [2]

Biography

Juan de la Torre y Castro was born in Arrancarra de Aranxo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] On 19 December 1661, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Nicaragua. In 1662, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas, Bishop of Puebla. He died six days after arriving in Nicaragua in December 1662. Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, who served as Vicar Capitular since 1660 after the death of Tomás Manso, was appointed the next Bishop.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 258. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Blanco Segura, Ricardo. Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. 1984. EUNED. 9789977640792.
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Juan de la Torre y Castro, O.F.M. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.