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Domingo de Ulloa

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Most Reverend
Domingo de Ulloa
Bishop of Michoacán
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Michoacán
In office 1598–1601
Predecessor Alfonso Guerra
Successor Andrés de Ubilla
Previous posts Bishop of Nicaragua (1585–1591)
Bishop of Popayán (1591–1598)
Orders
Consecration 1586
Personal details
Born Toro, Spain
Died 1601
Morelia, Mexico

Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (died 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1598–1601),[1] Bishop of Popayán (1591–1598),[2] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1585–1591).[3]

Biography

Domingo de Ulloa was born in Toro, Spain[4] and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5][6] On 4 February 1585, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Nicaragua[3] and ordained bishop in 1586[5] in Spain.[4] On 9 December 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Popayán[2] On 3 April 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Michoacán where he served until his death in 1601.[1][5]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Antonio Calderón de León, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1597), and Juan de Labrada, Bishop of Cartagena (1597).[5]

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