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Juan de Cervantes (bishop)

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Most Reverend
Juan de Cervantes
Bishop of Antequera
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Antequera
In office 1608–1614
Predecessor Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz
Successor Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa
Orders
Consecration 3 May 1609
by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Personal details
Born 24 June 1553
Mexico
Died 13 September 1614 (aged 61)
Antequera, Oaxaca, Mexico

Juan de Cervantes (24 June 1553 – 13 September 1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the Bishop of Antequera (1608–1614).

Biography

Juan de Cervantes was born in Mexico on the 24 of June, 1553.[1] On the 28 of May 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Antequera.[1] On the 3 of May 1609, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar, who was the Bishop of Tlaxcala.[1] He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death on the 13 of September,1614.[1]

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