Most Reverend Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo |
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Bishop of Nicaragua | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Nicaragua |
In office | 1630-1631 |
Predecessor | Benito Rodriguez Valtodano |
Successor | Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila |
Orders | |
Consecration | 16 September 1630 by Juan Guzman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1575 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 5 July 1631 (age 56) León, Nicaragua |
Nationality | Spanish |
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)
Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo was born in Madrid, Spain in 1575 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 12 August 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua. 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. He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 5 July 1631.