In office 1661-1662 | ||
Successor Alfonso Bravo de Laguna Consecration Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamasby 1662 Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua | ||
Juan de la Torre y Castro of Juan de la Torres y Castro (1607 - Dec 1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1661-1662)
Biography
Juan de la Torre y Castro was born in Arrancarra de Aranxo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 19 Dec 1661, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Nicaragua. In 1662, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas, Bishop of Puebla. He died six days after arriving in Nicaragua in Dec 1662. Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, who served as Vicar Capitular since 1660 after the death of Tomás Manso, was appointed the next Bishop.
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