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Diego de Aguilar (bishop)

Diego de Aguilar, O.P. (1616 – October 1, 1692) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cebu (1676–1692).[1][2]

Biography

Diego de Aguilar was born in Medina de Río Seco, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On November 16, 1676 Pope Innocent XI, appointed him Bishop of Cebu.[1][2] On November 14, 1677, he was consecrated bishop by Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara, Archbishop of Mexico.[2] He served as Bishop of Cebu until his death on October 1, 1692.[2] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Felipe Fernandez de Pardo, Archbishop of Manila (1681), and the principal co-consecrator of Andrés González, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1686).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 241. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Diego de Aguilar, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 11, 2017

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