Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela

Bishop Diego Evelino Hurtado Vélez (1638 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain - August 29, 1704 in Havana, Cuba) was the Bishop of Diocese of Santiago de Cuba (now the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba). He was known as Bishop Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela.

Diego Evelino Hurtado Vélez
DioceseDiocese of Santiago de Cuba
Installed1685
Term ended1704
PredecessorBaltasar de Figueroa
SuccessorJerónimo Nosti de Valdés
Personal details
Born1638
DiedAugust 29, 1704
Havana, Cuba
NationalitySpanish
DenominationCatholicism

On June 4, 1685, he was appointed Bishop of Santiago de Cuba by Pope Innocent XI and was ordained bishop on August 29, 1704, by Cardinal Savo Millini, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain. He donated his orchard in Havana for the building of Convent of Belén (later used as the Colegio de Belén). He died in Havana on August 29, 1704.[1]

In 1687 he founded La Casa de Beneficencia y Maternidad de La Habana.

References

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  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela (Vélez)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
1685–1704
Succeeded by