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Diego de Medellín

Most Reverend
Diego de Medellín
Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Chile
In office 1574–1592
Predecessor Fernando de Barrionuevo
Successor Pedro de Azuaga
Orders
Consecration 1577
by Antonio Avendaño y Paz
Personal details
Born 1496
Medellín, Spain
Died November 1592 (age 96)
Santiago de Chile
Nationality Spanish

Diego de Medellín, O.F.M. (1496 – November 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1574–1592).

Diego de Medellín was born in Medellín, Spain in 1496 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Chile. In 1577, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Avendaño y Paz, Bishop of Concepción, assisted by Agustín de Cisneros Montesa, Priest of Concepción. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Chile until his death in November 1592. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Agustín de Cisneros Montesa, Bishop of Concepción (1590); and the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Guerra, Bishop of Paraguay (1582)


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