Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo

Most Reverend
Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo
Bishop of Nicaragua
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Nicaragua
In office 1630–1631
Predecessor Benito Rodriguez Valtodano
Successor Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila
Orders
Consecration 16 September 1630
by Juan Guzman
Personal details
Born 1575
Madrid, Spain
Died 5 July 1631 (age 56)
León, Nicaragua
Nationality Spanish

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
  2. ↑ Blanco Segura, Ricardo. Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977640792.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León (Nicaragua)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Benito Rodriguez Valtodano		 Bishop of Nicaragua
1630–1631		 Succeeded by
Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila
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