Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor | |
Bishop of Yucatán | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Yucatán |
Term: | 1659–1676 |
Predecessor: | Lorenzo Horta Rodríguez |
Successor: | Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza |
Consecration: | Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas |
Consecrated By: | 25 July 1660 |
Birth Date: | 1600 |
Birth Place: | Seville, Crown of Castille |
Death Date: | 18 May 1676 |
Death Place: | Yucatán, New Spain |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor, O.P. (1600 – 18 May 1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Yucatán (1659–1676).[1]
Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor was born in Seville, Spain in 1600 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.On 22 September 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Yucatán.On 25 July 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas, Bishop of Tlaxcala.He served as Bishop of Yucatán until his death on 18 May 1676.While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1673).