Martín García Ceniceros

Most Reverend
Diego Fernández de Villalán
Bishop Elect of Almería
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Almería
In office 1632
Predecessor Antonio Viedma Chaves
Successor Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
Personal details
Born Tenillono, Spain
Died Oct 1632
Almería, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Previous post Inquisitor of Canarias
Inquisitor of Valencia
Inquisitor of Cartagena
Inquisitor of Valladolid

Martín García Ceniceros (also Martín García Gómez de Ceniceros)(died Oct 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Inquisitor of Canarias, Valencia, Cartagena, and Valladolid. He was appointed and briefly served as Bishop Elect of Almería (1632) but died before his consecration.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Martín García Ceniceros was born in Tenillono, Spain.[4] He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Calahorra and obtained a license in Theology and a doctorate in Canon Law.[4] After his schooling, he was successively appointed the Inquisitor of the Diocese of Canarias, the Archdiocese of Valencia, the Diocese of Cartagena, and then the Diocese of Valladolid.[4] After the death of Bishop Antonio Viedma Chaves, he was selected on 1 Mar 1632 by the King of Spain, Felipe IV and confirmed on 2 Aug 1632 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almería.[4] Although he assumed the office and duties as Bishop, he died 2 months later in Oct 1632 and was never consecrated.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Catholic Hierarchy: "Father Martín García Ceniceros" retrieved January 15, 2016
  2. 1 2 GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Almería" retrieved January 14, 2015
  3. Dioceses de Almeria website: "TABLA DE LOS OBISPOS DE LA DIÓCESIS URCITANA-ALMERIENSE" retrieved January 15, 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Deputacion de Almería: "Don Martín García Gómez de Ceniceros" retrieved January 15, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Antonio Viedma Chaves
Bishop Elect of Almería
1632
Succeeded by
Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.