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Francisco Sotomayor

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Successor
  
Francisco Vega Borja

Predecessor
  
Hernando de Arias y Ugarte

Consecration
  
August 18, 1624 by Gonzalo del Campo

Died
  
5 February 1630, Sucre, Bolivia

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre

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Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (died February 5, 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1628–1630), the Bishop of Quito (1623–1628), and the Bishop of Cartagena (1623).

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Biography

Francisco Sotomayor was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain as Bishop of Cartagena. On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Quito. On August 18, 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Gonzalo del Campo, Archbishop of Lima. On June 5, 1628, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas. He served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on February 5, 1630.

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