Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Hinojosa and the second or maternal family name is Montalvo.
Most Reverend

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo
Bishop of Nicaragua
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nicaragua
In office1630–1631
PredecessorBenito Rodríguez Valtodano
SuccessorJuan Barahona Zapata del Águila
Orders
Consecration16 September 1630
by Juan Guzman
Personal details
Born1575
Madrid, Spain
Died5 July 1631 (age 56)
León, Nicaragua
NationalitySpanish

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M. (1575 – 5 July 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1630–1631).[1][2]

Biography

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Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1575 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] On 12 August 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua.[1][3] On 16 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Guzman, Archbishop of Tarragona with Francisco Olivares Maldonado, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 5 July 1631.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN 9789977640792.
  3. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Nicaragua
1630–1631 		Succeeded by


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