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) and the Master of the Order of Preachers (1677–1686).^[1][2][3]

Biography

Antonio de Monroy was born in Santiago de Querétaro, México and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[1] He served as a missionary in Mexico^[4] and later represented Mexico at the Dominican chapter of 1677^[4] where he encouraged the Rosary Confraternities.^[4] In 1677, he was appointed Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.^[1] The probabilist controversy raged during his mastership.^[4] On 4 June 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.^[1] on 11 June 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere.^[1] In 1686, he resigned as Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.^[1] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 7 November 1715.^[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1688).^[1]

References

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. ""Archdiocese of Morelia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia (Mexico)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}