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Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés

Most Reverend
Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Church Catholic Church
In office 1655–1656
Predecessor Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides
Successor Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos
Orders
Consecration 8 January 1640
by Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Personal details
Born 4 October 1587
Oviedo, Spain
Died 6 December 1656 (age 69)
Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Nationality Spanish
Previous post Bishop of Durango (1639–1655)

Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B. (4 October 1587 – 6 December 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1655–1656) and Bishop of Durango (1639–1655).

Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés was born in Oviedo, Spain on 4 October 1587 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 8 August 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Durango. On 8 January 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala, with Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, Bishop of Chiapas, and Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, serving as co-consecrators. On 14 May 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca. He served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca until his death on 6 Dec 1656. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin, Bishop of Durango (1656); and Juan de Montiel, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1656).



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