Diego Rueda Rico

Diego Rueda Rico (11 October 1575 – 8 December 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tui (1639).[1][2]

Most Reverend Diego Rueda Rico
Bishop of Tui
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Tui
In office	1639
Predecessor	Diego Arce Reinoso
Successor	Antonio Guzmán Cornejo
Orders
Consecration	1639 by Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga
Personal details
Born	11 October 1575 Granada, Spain
Died	8 December 1639 Tui, Spain

Biography

Diego Rueda Rico was born in Granada, Spain on 11 October 1575.[2] On 7 February 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Tui.[2] In 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Córdoba, with Miguel Avellán, Titular Bishop of Siriensis, and Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Tui until his death on 8 December 1639.[2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 349. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Diego Rueda Rico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 27, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Tui-Vigo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}