Juan de Arguinao

The Most Reverend
Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, OP
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Santafé en Nueva Granada
Province Santafé en Nueva Granada
Appointed 10 July 1659
Installed 10 November 1659
Term ended 5 October 1678
Predecessor Cristóbal de Torres, OP
Successor Antonio Sanz Lozano
Orders
Consecration 17 November 1647
by Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco
Personal details
Born April 1588
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died 5 October 1678 (aged 90)
Bogotá, Viceroyalty of Peru
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Juan de Dios de Arguinao y Gutiérrez, OP (April 1588 – 5 October 1678) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He served as bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 1646 to 1659, and as archbishop of Santafé in Nueva Granada (now Bogotá) from 1659 until his death in 1678.

Biography

Arguinao y Gutiérrez was born in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, in April 1588.[1][2] He joined the Dominican Order and was ordained a priest.[1][2]

On 10 September 1646, Pope Innocent X appointed Arguinao bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in what is now Bolivia.[1] He was consecrated bishop on 17 November 1647 by Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco, the archbishop of Lima.[1] He served there until 1659, when he became archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (now the Archdiocese of Bogotá in what is now Colombia).[1] He was selected to that position on 10 July 1659, and was confirmed on 10 November of that year.[1]

Arguinao served as archbishop until his death on 5 October 1678, in Bogotá, at the age of 90.[1][2]

Episcopal lineage

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Juan de Arguinao y Gutiérrez [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia". GCatholic. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
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