Most Reverend

Agustín de Carvajal
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
In office1612–1618
PredecessorNone
SuccessorFrancisco Verdugo Cabrera
Orders
Consecration1608
Personal details
BornAugust 28, 1558
DiedAugust 19, 1618
Cartagena (age 59)
NationalityMexican

Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (August 28, 1558 – August 19, 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1612–1618)[1] and Bishop of Panamá (1605–1612).[2][3][4]

Biography

Agustín de Carvajal was born in Guadalajara, México and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[5] On July 18, 1605, Pope Paul V, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.[2][5] In 1608, he was consecrated bishop.[5] On May 7, 1612, Pope Clement VIII, appointed him the first Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga where he served until his death on August 19, 1618.[1][5]

While bishop, he was the primary consecrator of Lorenzo Pérez de Grado as Bishop of Paraguay.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 199. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 272. (in Latin)
  3. Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 41–42
  4. Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine p. 38 | retrieved November 17, 2015
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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