Diego de Romano y Govea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romano and the second or maternal family name is Govea.

Most Reverend Diego de Romano y Govea
Bishop of Tlaxcala
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Tlaxcala.
In office	1578–1606
Predecessor	Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina
Successor	Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Personal details
Born	1538 Valladolid, Spain
Died	April 12, 1606 (age 68) Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico
Nationality	Spanish

Diego de Romano y Govea (1538 – 12 April 1606) served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (1578–1606).[1]

Biography

Diego de Romano y Govea was born in Valladolid, Spain.[1] On January 13, 1578, Pope Gregory XIII appointed him as Bishop of Tlaxcala,[1] and he was accordingly installed on December 2, 1578.[1] In 1585, he attended the Third Mexican Provincial Council.[2]

He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala until his death on 12 April 1606.[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[1]

• Bartolomé de Ledesma, Bishop of Panamá;
• Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez, Bishop of Guadalajara;
• Ignacio Santibáñez, Archbishop of Manila;
• Pedro de Agurto, Bishop of Cebu;
• Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada;
• Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, Bishop of Paraguay;

and the principal co-consecrator of:[1]

• Alfonso Graniero Avalos, Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria)" retrieved November 9, 2015
2. Poole, Stafford (1963). "The Church and the Repartimientos in the Light of the Third Mexican Council, 1585". The Americas. 20 (1): 3–36. doi:10.2307/979670. ISSN 0003-1615. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina	Bishop of Tlaxcala 1578–1606	Succeeded by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar