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Diego de Romano y Govea

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Spanish


Name
  
Diego Romano

Consecration
  
December 2, 1578

Diocese
  
Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles).

Predecessor
  
Antonio Ruiz de Morales y Molina

Successor
  
Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar

Died
  
April 12, 1606, Valladolid, Spain

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

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Biography

Diego de Romano y Govea was born in Valladolid, Spain. On January 13, 1578, Pope Gregory XIII appointed him as Bishop of Tlaxcala. On December 2, 1578, he was installed as bishop. He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala until his death on 12 April 1606.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • 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:

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

    • References

    Diego de Romano y Govea Wikipedia
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