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Agustín de Carvajal

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Most Reverend
Agustín de Carvajal
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
In office 1612–1618
Predecessor None
Successor Francisco Verdugo Cabrera
Orders
Consecration 1608
Personal details
Born August 28, 1558
Guadalajara, Mexico
Died August 19, 1618 (aged 59)
Cartagena, Colombia

Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (August 28, 1558 – August 19, 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1612–1618)[1] and Bishop of Panamá (1605–1612).[2]

Biography

Agustín de Carvajal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[3] On July 18, 1605, Pope Paul V, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.[4][3] In 1608, he was consecrated bishop.[3] On May 7, 1612, Pope Clement VIII, appointed him the first Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga where he served until his death on August 19, 1618.[1][3]

While bishop, he was the primary consecrator of Lorenzo Pérez de Grado as Bishop of Paraguay.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 199. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 272. (in Latin); Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 41–42; Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine p. 38 | retrieved November 17, 2015
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Back to citation occurrence 3.2 Back to citation occurrence 3.3 Back to citation occurrence 3.4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  4. Back to citation Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 272. (in Latin)