Dionisio de Santos

Most Reverend
Dionisio de Santos
Bishop of Cartagena
Church Catholic Church
In office 1574–1577
Predecessor Pedro Arévalos
Successor Juan Montalvo
Orders
Consecration Dec 1575
by Luis Zapata de Cárdenas
Personal details
Died 9 Sep 1577
Cartagena, Colombia

Dionisio de Santos, O.P. (died 1577) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena (1574–1577).[1]

Biography

Dionisio de Santos was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 25 Jun 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Cartagena.[1][2] On Dec 1575, he was consecrated bishop by Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.[2] He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 9 Sep 1577.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 154. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Dionisio de Santos, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. self-published
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena (Venezuela)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Pedro Arévalos		 Bishop of Cartagena
1574–1577		 Succeeded by
Juan Montalvo
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