Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz | |
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
Term: | 1649–1653 |
Predecessor: | Martín de Zelaya y Oláriz |
Successor: | Juan de Montiel |
Consecration: | 19 February 1651 |
Consecrated By: | Miguel de Poblete Casasola |
Birth Date: | 1589 |
Death Date: | 4 July 1653 |
Death Place: | Santiago, Cuba |
Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1589 – 4 July 1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1649–1653).[1]
Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz was born in México in 1589.[2]
On 13 September 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.
On 19 February 1651, he was consecrated bishop by Miguel de Poblete Casasola, Archbishop of Manila, assisted by Father Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin.
He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death on 4 July 1653.
While a priest, he assisted in the consecration of Diego de Guevara y Estrada, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1642).