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Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro

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Most Reverend
Pedro de la Peña y Montenegro
Bishop of Quito
File:Alonso de la Peña Montenegro.jpg
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

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

Biography

Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro was born in Padrón, in the Kingdom of Galicia, Castile, 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]

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