Diego de Medellín

Most Reverend Diego de Medellín
Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santiago de Chile
In office	1574–1592
Predecessor	Fernando de Barrionuevo
Successor	Pedro de Azuaga
Orders
Consecration	1577 by Antonio Avendaño y Paz
Personal details
Born	1496 Medellín, Spain
Died	November 1592 (age 96) Santiago de Chile
Nationality	Spanish

Diego de Medellín, O.F.M. (1496 – November 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1574–1592).[1][2][3]

Biography

Diego de Medellín was born in Medellín, Spain in 1496 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[1] On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Chile.[1] In 1577, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Avendaño y Paz, Bishop of Concepción, assisted by Agustín de Cisneros Montesa, Priest of Concepción.[1] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile until his death in November 1592.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Agustín de Cisneros Montesa, Bishop of Concepción (1590); and the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Guerra, Bishop of Paraguay (1582)[1]

References

1. "Bishop Diego de Medellín, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
2. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Fernando de Barrionuevo	Bishop of Santiago de Chile 1574–1592	Succeeded by Pedro de Azuaga