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Diego de Muros (bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Pedro Beltrán (bishop)

In office
  
1487-1492

Successor
  
Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna

Consecration
  
31 Jan 1473 by Šimun Vosić

Previous post
  
Bishop of Tui (1472-1487)

Died
  
1492, Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo

Diego de Muros (also Diego de Moiras) (1405-1492) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1487-1492), and Bishop of Tui (1472-1487). He was one of three bishops of Spain of the same name who served contemporaneously, the others being Diego de Muros (Bishop of Islas Canarias) and Diego de Muros (bishop of Oviedo).

Biography

Diego de Muros was born in Muros, A Coruña, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On 15 Jun 1472, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Bishop of Tui. On 31 Jan 1473, he was consecrated bishop by Šimun Vosić, Archbishop of Bar, with Deodato Bocconi, Bishop of Ajaccio, and Giovanni Andrea de Bussi, Bishop of Aleria, serving as co-consecrators. On 1 Jun 1487, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VIII as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo. He served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo until his death in 1492.

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Diego de Muros (bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo) Wikipedia