Francisco Sotomayor

Most Reverend
Francisco Sotomayor
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Predecessor Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Successor Francisco Vega Borja
Orders
Consecration August 18, 1624
by Gonzalo del Campo
Personal details
Died February 5, 1630
Sucre, Peru
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Bishop of Quito (1623-1628)

Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (died February 5, 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1628–1630), the Bishop of Quito (1623–1628), and the Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1623).[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Francisco Sotomayor was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.[1][2] On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Quito.[1][2] On August 18, 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Gonzalo del Campo, Archbishop of Lima.[2] On June 5, 1628, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.[1][2] He served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on February 5, 1630.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 137, 290, and 282. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M." retrieved December 9, 2015
  3. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archdiocese of Sucre" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena" retrieved December 9, 2015
Religious titles
Preceded by
Diego Torres Altamirano		 Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia
1623 		Succeeded by
Diego Ramirez de Cepeda
Preceded by
Alfonso Santillán Fajardo		 Bishop of Quito
1623-1628 		Succeeded by
Pedro de Oviedo Falconi
Preceded by
Hernando de Arias y Ugarte		 Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
1628-1630 		Succeeded by
Francisco Vega Borja
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