Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado

Most Reverend Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Bishop of Chiapas
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Chiapas
In office	1652–1656
Predecessor	Domingo Ramírez de Arellano
Successor	Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Caracas (1639–1652)
Orders
Ordination	13 March 1600
Consecration	18 December 1639 by Juan Alonso y Ocón
Personal details
Born	1586 Villacastín, Spain
Died	22 October 1666 (age 80) Ciudad Real de Chiapas, Mexico
Nationality	Spanish

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. or Marcos de Tovar y Valle Maldonado (1586 – 22 October 1666) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1652–1656), and Bishop of Caracas (1639–1652).[1][2][3]

Early life

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado was born in Villacastín, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of St. Benedict on 13 March 1600.[2][3] On 3 October 1639, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Caracas.[1][2][3]

On 18 December 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, as co-consecrators.[2][3] On 16 December 1652, he was appointed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Chiapas where he served until his death on 22 October 1666.[1][2][3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

• Hernando de Lobo Castrillo, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1650);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1639); and
• Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Durango (1640).

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. pp. 148 and 363.
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^[self-published]
3. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B." GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^[self-published]

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Juan López de Agurto de la Mata	Bishop of Caracas 1639–1652	Succeeded by Alonso de Briceño
Preceded by Domingo Ramírez de Arellano	Bishop of Chiapas 1652–1656	Succeeded by Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós