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Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Hinojosa and the second or maternal family name is Montalvo.

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M. (1575 – 5 July 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1630–1631).[1][2]

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Biography

Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1575 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[3] On 12 August 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua.[1][3] On 16 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Guzman, Archbishop of Tarragona with Francisco Olivares Maldonado, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 5 July 1631.[1][3]

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    Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
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    Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN 9789977640792.
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    Cheney, David M. "Bishop Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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