Diego Vázquez de Mercado

Most Reverend
Diego Vázquez de Mercado
Archbishop of Manila
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
Predecessor Miguel de Benavides
Successor Miguel García Serrano
Orders
Consecration June 13, 1604
by García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga
Personal details
Born 1533
Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain
Died June 12, 1616
Nationality Spanish
Previous post Bishop of Yucatán (1603–1604)

Diego Vázquez de Mercado' (1533 – June 12, 1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (1608–1616) and the Bishop of the Diocese of Yucatán (1604–1608).[1][2]

Biography

Diego Vázquez de Mercado was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres , Spain.[2] On November 5, 1603, Pope Clement VIII appointed him Bishop of Yucatán, Mexico.[1][2] He was consecrated bishop on June 13, 1604 by García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga, Archbishop of México.[2] May 28, 1608, Pope Paul V appointed him Archbishop of Manila.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro de Arce, Bishop of Cebu (1613), and principal co-consecrator of Alonso de Peralta, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1609).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 230 and 375. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archbishop Diego Vázquez de Mercado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Yucatán". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Manila". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Religious titles
Preceded by
Juan de Izquierdo		 Bishop of Yucatán
1603–1604		 Succeeded by
Gonzalo de Salazar (bishop)
Preceded by
Miguel de Benavides		 Archbishop of Manila
1608–1616		 Succeeded by
Miguel García Serrano



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