Diego Guevara

Most Reverend
Diego Guevara
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Church Catholic Church
In office 1616–1621
Predecessor Pedro Matías
Successor Luis de Cañizares
Orders
Consecration 1616
by Pedro Castro Quiñones
Personal details
Born 1568
Baeza, Spain
Died 1621
Nueva Caceres

Diego Guevara, O.S.A. (died 1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1616–1621).[1]

Biography

Diego Guevar was born in Baeza, Spain in 1568 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[1] On 3 August 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nueva Caceres.[1] In 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Castro Quiñones, Archbishop of Seville.[1] He served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death in 1621.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop Diego Guevara, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Caceres (Nueva Caceres)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caceres (Philippines)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Pedro Matías
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
1616–1621
Succeeded by
Luis de Cañizares
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