Most Reverend

Diego Soria
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nueva Segovia
In office1602–1613
PredecessorMiguel de Benavides
SuccessorMiguel García Serrano
Orders
Consecration1603
Personal details
Born
Yébenes, Spain
Died1613
Vigan, Philippines

Diego Soria y Lerma Polanco, O.P. (died 1613) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1602–1613).[1][2][3]

Biography

Diego Soria was born in Yébenes, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[1][2][4] On 15 November 1602, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nueva Segovia.[1][2][4] In 1603, he was consecrated bishop.[2][4] He served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia until his death in 1613.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 261. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2022-03-16. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego Soria, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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