Antonio de Monroy

Antonio de Monroy, O.P. or Antonio de Monroy y Hijar (6 July 1634 – 7 November 1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685–1715), Bishop of Michoacán (1680),^[1] and the Master of the Order of Preachers (1677-1686).^[2][3][4]

Biography

Antonio de Monroy was born in Santiago de Querétaro, México and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[2] He served as a missionary in Mexico^[5] and later represented Mexico at the Dominican chapter of 1677^[5] where he encouraged the Rosary Confraternities.^[5] In 1677, he was appointed Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.^[2] The probabilist controversy raged during his mastership.^[5] On 4 June 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.^[2] on 11 June 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere.^[2] In 1686, he resigned as Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.^[2] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 7 November 1715.^[2] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1688).^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia" GCatholic.org Gabriel Chow. retrieved December 31, 2015
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Archbishop Antonio de Monroy, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. ↑ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. 1 2 3 4 Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 6 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.