Salvador Ribera Avalos Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Salvador Ribera Avalos
Bishop of Quito
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Quito
Term:1605–1612
Predecessor:Luis López de Solís
Successor:Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Consecration:23 October 1605
Death Date:1612
Death Place:Quito, Ecuador

Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P. (died 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1605–1612).[1] [2]

Biography

Salvador Ribera Avalos was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 17 August 1605, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo XI as Bishop of Quito. On 23 October 1605, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1612.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pedro Ponce de Léon, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1605).

References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 290. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/briav.html "Bishop Salvador Ribera Avalos, O.P."

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