Facundo de la Torre

Most Reverend
Facundo de la Torre
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Predecessor Bernardino de Almansa Carrión
Successor Diego de Guevara y Estrada
Orders
Consecration September 1632
by Fernando Valdés Llano
Personal details
Born 1570
Sahagún, Spain
Died September 25, 1640
Santo Domingo
Nationality Spanish

Facundo de la Torre (also Fernando de la Torre)(1570 September 25, 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1631-1640).[1][2]

Biography

Facundo de la Torre was born in Sahagún, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[1] On July 17, 1631, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Urban VIII on January 2, 1632, as Archbishop of Santo Domingo.[1] In September 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando Valdés Llano, Bishop of Teruel with Francisco Olivares Maldonado, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad as Co-Consecrators.[1] He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo until his death on September 25, 1640.[1] While bishop, he was the principal Consecrator of Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, Bishop of Puerto Rico.[1]

References

Religious titles
Preceded by
Bernardino de Almansa Carrión
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
1631-1640
Succeeded by
Diego de Guevara y Estrada
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