Fernando de Ocampo

Most Reverend Fernando de Ocampo
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
In office	1621–1632
Predecessor	Antonio Calderón de León
Successor	Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Usula (1620–1621)
Orders
Consecration	1621 by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
Personal details
Died	1632 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. (died 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1621–1632) and Titular Bishop of Usula (1620–1621).[1][2]

Biography

Fernando de Ocampo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On December 14, 1620, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Titular Bishop of Usula.[1][2] In 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Lima and succeeded to the bishopric.[2] He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1632.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Luis Jerónimo Oré, Bishop of Concepción.[2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 168 and 354. (in Latin)
2. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M." retrieved January 10, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Religious titles
Preceded by	Titular Bishop of Usula 1620–1621	Succeeded by Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero
Preceded by Antonio Calderón de León	Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1621–1632	Succeeded by Juan de Zapata y Figueroa