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Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz

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The Most Reverend
Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Michoacán
In office 1608–1622
Predecessor Juan Fernández de Rosillo
Successor Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo
Previous posts Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1603–1605)
Bishop of Antequera (1605–1608)
Orders
Consecration 1603
by Diego de Romano y Govea
Personal details
Born 1560
Mexico City
Died 22 July 1622 (aged 61–62)
Michoacán, Mexico

Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. (1560 – 22 July 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1608–1622), Bishop of Antequera (1605–1608), and Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1603–1605).[1]

Biography

Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz was born in Mexico City in 1560 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2][3] On 10 September 1601, he was selected by the King of Spain as Bishop of Paraguay but was soon replaced by Martín Ignacio de Loyola who was appointed by the Pope on 19 November 1601.[2] On 13 January 1603, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nueva Caceres.[1][2] In 1603, he was consecrated bishop by Diego de Romano y Govea, Bishop of Tlaxcala.[2] On 6 June 1605, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Antequera.[2] On 4 February 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Michoacán.[2] He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 22 July 1622.[2]

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