Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor explained

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]

Biography

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).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcifsot.html "Bishop Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor, O.P."