Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado

Most Reverend Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Bishop of Chiapas
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Chiapas
In office	1652-1656
Predecessor	Domingo Ramírez de Arellano
Successor	Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós
Orders
Ordination	13 March 1600
Consecration	18 December 1639 by Juan Alonso y Ocón
Personal details
Born	1586 Villacastín, Spain
Died	22 October 1666 (age 80) Ciudad Real de Chiapas, Mexico
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Caracas (1639-1652)

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B. or Marcos de Tovar y Valle Maldonado (1586 – 22 October, 1666) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1652-1656), and Bishop of Caracas (1639-1652).

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado was born in Villacastín, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of St. Benedict on 13 March 1600. On 3 October 1639, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Caracas. On 18 December 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, as co-consecrators. On 16 December 1652, he was appointed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Chiapas where he served until his death on 22 October 1666. While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of Hernando de Lobo Castrillo, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1650); and the principal co-consecrator of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1639); and Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Durango (1640).

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