Diego Torres Altamirano

Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M. (1557–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1618–1621).[1][2][3]

Most Reverend Diego Torres Altamirano
Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cartagena in Colombia
In office	1618–1621
Predecessor	Pedro Vega
Successor	Francisco Sotomayor
Orders
Consecration	28 Oct 1618 by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
Personal details
Born	1557 Trujillo, Spain
Died	10 Dec 1621 (age 64) Cartagena, Colombia

Biography

Diego Torres Altamirano was born in Trujillo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On 26 Jun 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.[1][2] On 28 Oct 1618, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Lima.[2] He served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia until his death on 10 Dec 1621.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Ambrosio Vallejo Mejia, Bishop of Popayán (1620) .[2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 137. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Diego Torres Altamirano, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
3. Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena.

External links and additional sources

• 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". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}