Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro

Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro (29 Apr 1596 – 1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1653–1687).[1][2]

Most Reverend Pedro de la Peña y Montenegro
Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1653–1687
Predecessor	Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
Successor	Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Orders
Consecration	April 1654 by Cristóbal de Torres, O.P.
Personal details
Born	29 April 1596 Padrón, Kingdom of Galicia, Crown of Castile
Died	1687 (age 90) Quito, Royal Audiencia of Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire

Biography

Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro was born in Padrón, in the Kingdom of Galicia, on 29 April 1596.[2] On 4 March 1653, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 18 August 1653 as Bishop of Quito.[1][2] In April 1654, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.[2] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1687.[1][2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 290. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}