Mateo de Oviedo explained

Mateo de Oviedo OFM (1547  - 10 January 1610) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1600^[1] from his appointment on 5 May 1600^[2] until his death. He was born in Segovia and died in Valladolid on 10 January 1610 according to some sources, or on the 2 May 1611 according to others.^[3]

See also

• Ireland–Spain relations
• Siege of Kinsale

References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bovim.html Catholic Hierarchy
2. Book: Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876a . Tipografia Della Pace . Rome . 1 .
3. García González . Francisco . 1992 . Mateo de Oviedo, perhaps Ireland's greatest Spanish friend of all time . Proceedings of the II Conference of SEDERI.