Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro de Agurto | |
Bishop of Cebu | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Cebu |
Term: | 1595–1608 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | Pedro de Arce |
Consecration: | August 3, 1597 |
Consecrated By: | Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) |
Birth Place: | Mexico City |
Pedro de Agurto, OSA (1544 - October 15, 1608) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cebu (1595–1608).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Pedro de Agurto was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On August 30, 1595, Pope Clement VIII appointed him Bishop of Cebu. He was consecrated bishop on August 3, 1597, by Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria), Bishop of Tlaxcala.