Pedro de Oviedo Falconi

Most Reverend

Pedro de Oviedo Falconi
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
In office1645–1649
PredecessorFrancisco Vega Borja
SuccessorJuan Alonso y Ocón
Previous postsArchbishop of Quito (1628–1645)
Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1621–1628)
Orders
Consecrationby Gonzalo de Angulo
Personal details
Born
Died(1649-10-13)13 October 1649

Pedro de Oviedo Falconi (died 13 October 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1645–1649), Archbishop of Quito (1628–1645), and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1621–1628).[1][2]

Biography

Pedro de Oviedo Falconi was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 11 January 1621 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Santo Domingo.[2] He was consecrated bishop by Gonzalo de Angulo, Bishop of Coro.[2] On 14 May 1628 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII, on 10 July 1628, as Archbishop (personal title) of the Diocese of Quito.[2] On 14 June 1645 he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 21 August 1645 as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas.[2] He served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on 13 October 1649.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal Consecrator of Bernardo de Valbuena y Villanueva, Bishop of Puerto Rico and Diego Montoya Mendoza, Bishop of Popayán.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 290, 176, and 282. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Archbishop Pedro de Oviedo Falconi, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016