Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro de Oviedo Falconi | |
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1645–1649 |
Predecessor: | Francisco Vega Borja |
Successor: | Juan Alonso y Ocón |
Consecrated By: | Gonzalo de Angulo |
Birth Place: | Alcalá de Henares, Spain |
Death Date: | 13 October 1649 |
Death Place: | Sucre, Bolivia |
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Pedro de Oviedo Falconi (died 13 October 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1645–1649), Archbishop of Quito (1628–1645), and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1621–1628).[1] [2]
Pedro de Oviedo Falconi was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order. On 11 January 1621 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. He was consecrated bishop by Gonzalo de Angulo, Bishop of Coro. On 14 May 1628 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII, on 10 July 1628, as Archbishop (personal title) of the Diocese of Quito. On 14 June 1645 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 21 August 1645 as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas. He served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on 13 October 1649.
While bishop, he was the principal Consecrator of Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva, Bishop of Puerto Rico and Diego Montoya Mendoza, Bishop of Popayán.