Luis Maldonado (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Bishop Elect of Nueva Caceres
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Nueva Caceres
Term:1595–1596
Predecessor:None
Successor:Francisco Ortega (bishop)
Death Date:1596

Luis Maldonado (died 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed as the first Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1595–1596).[1] [2]

Biography

Luis Maldonado was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 30 August 1595, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as the first Bishop of Nueva Caceres. He died before he was consecrated in 1596.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 125. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmaldl.html "Father Luis Maldonado, O.F.M."