Most Reverend Pedro de la Peña y Montenegro | |
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Bishop of Quito | |
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 |
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]
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]