Diego Ladrón de Guevara
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Most Reverend Diego Ladrón de Guevara |
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| Bishop of Quito | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Bishop of Quito |
| In office | 1704-1717 |
| Predecessor | Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa |
| Successor | Luis Francisco Romero |
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| Consecration | 1689 by Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola |
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| Born | 1640 Sigüenza, Spain |
| Died | 1718 Quito, Ecuador |
| Nationality | Spanish |
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Bishop of Panamá (1689–1699) Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1699–1704) |
Doctor Diego Ladrón de Guevara Orozco Calderón (1641, Cifuentes, Spain – September 9, 1718) was a Roman Catholic bishop and Spanish colonial administrator. From August 30, 1710 to March 2, 1716, he was viceroy of Peru.
He studied theology at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where he was later professor of law. He also taught at the University of Sigüenza.
In 1689 he was appointed bishop of Panama and consecrated by Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola, Bishop of Cartagena. then in the Viceroyalty of Peru. That year he was jailed by order of Governor and Captain General José de Guzmán y Ávalos, with whom he had personal differences. In 1695 he added the additional responsibility of president of the Audiencia of Panama.
He served in Panama until 1699, when he was named bishop of Ayacucho (or Huamanga) in what is still Peru. He opened the University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (founded in 1677) there, and was its first rector. This university was opposed by the older University of San Marcos. In 1703 he was appointed bishop of Quito (also in the Viceroyalty of Peru), where he served until his resignation in 1710 to take up the position of viceroy.
He replaced Miguel Núñez de Sanabria, president of the Audiencia of Lima, who had been serving as viceroy in an interim capacity. Ladrón de Guevara had been named in the sealed instructions brought by the previous viceroy, Manuel de Oms y de Santa Pau as the successor in the event of Oms's death.
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