Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T. also Luis de Córdoba y Ronquillo (died 24 November 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Trujillo (1640) and Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1630–1640).[1][2][3]
Most Reverend Luis Córdoba Ronquillo | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Trujillo | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Cartagena in Colombia |
| In office | 1630–1640 |
| Predecessor | Diego Montoya Mendoza |
| Successor | Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Cartagena (1630–1640) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | April 1631 by Bernardino de Almansa Carrión |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 24 November 1640 Trujillo, Peru |
Biography
editLuis Córdoba Ronquillo was born in Granada, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives.[2] On 9 September 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.[1][2] In April 1631, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino de Almansa Carrión, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, with Luis Camargo Pacheco, Titular Bishop of Centuria, and Alonso Godina, Titular Bishop of Utica, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 14 April 1640, he was selected by the King of Spain as Bishop of Trujillo and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 13 August 1640.[2] He served as Bishop of Trujillo until his death on 24 November 1640.[2]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia, Bishop of Chiapas (1631); and Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1635).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 137 and 437. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2017
- ^ Pacheco, Juan Manuel. Los Primeros Obispos de Cartagena. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
External links and additional sources
edit- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Trujillo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo (Peru)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
