Diego de Aguilar (bishop)

Diego de Aguilar, O.P. (1616 – October 1, 1692) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cebu (1676–1692).[1][2]

Most Reverend Diego de Aguilar
Bishop of Cebu
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cebu
In office	1676–1692
Predecessor	Juan López
Successor	Miguel Bayot
Orders
Consecration	November 14, 1677 by Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara
Personal details
Born	1616 Medina de Río Seco, Spain
Died	October 1, 1692

Biography

Diego de Aguilar was born in Medina de Río Seco, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On November 16, 1676 Pope Innocent XI, appointed him Bishop of Cebu.[1][2] On November 14, 1677, he was consecrated bishop by Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara, Archbishop of Mexico.[2] He served as Bishop of Cebu until his death on October 1, 1692.[2] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Felipe Fernandez de Pardo, Archbishop of Manila (1681), and the principal co-consecrator of Andrés González, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1686).[2]

References

1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 241. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Diego de Aguilar, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 11, 2017

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cebu". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}