Pedro de Agurto explained
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 Date: | 1544 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City |
Death Date: | October 15, 1608 (age 64) |
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]
Biography
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.
See also
Notes and References
- Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 261. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bagurto.html "Bishop Pedro de Agurto, OSA"
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcebu.html "Archdiocese of Cebu"
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cebu0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu"
- http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2014/10/12/1379351/fray-pedro-de-agurto-osa-first-bishop-cebu Philippine Star: "Fray Pedro de Agurto, OSA: The first Bishop of Cebu" By Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes, OSA (The Freeman)
- http://osacebu.org.ph/content/uGQhupWMVHjtotj9WTNf5_f54esYLcXCFI_du1krZEw Augustinian Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu-Philippines: "Fray Pedro de Agurto, OSA, the first Bishop of Cebu"