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Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza

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Most Reverend
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza
Bishop of Michoacán
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Michoacán
In office 1704–1708
Predecessor García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz
Successor Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero
Previous post Bishop of Durango (1701–1704)
Orders
Consecration 19 May 1704
by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz
Personal details
Born 1649
Lima, Peru
Died 15 May 1708 (age 59)
Michoacán, Mexico

Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (1649–1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1704–1708) and Bishop of Durango (1701–1704).[1]

Biography

Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza was born in Lima, Peru, although some sources say Lerma, in 1649 son of Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza and Ana María de Laínez de Morales who were married in Lima in 1639. His brother Pedro de Escalante Mendoza y Laínez was the count of Loja[2][3] On 3 October 1701, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Durango.[4] On October 28, 1618, he was consecrated bishop by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz, Bishop of Michoacán.[3] On September 17, 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Michoacán; and installed on 27 June 1704.[1][3] He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 15 May 1708.[3]

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