Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Diego de Aguilar | |
Bishop of Cebu | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Cebu |
Term: | 1676–1692 |
Predecessor: | Juan López |
Successor: | Miguel Bayot |
Consecration: | November 14, 1677 |
Consecrated By: | Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara |
Birth Date: | 1616 |
Birth Place: | Medina de Río Seco, Spain |
Death Date: | October 1, 1692 |
Diego de Aguilar, O.P. (1616 – October 1, 1692) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cebu (1676–1692).[1] [2]
Diego de Aguilar was born in Medina de Río Seco, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On November 16, 1676 Pope Innocent XI, appointed him Bishop of Cebu. On November 14, 1677, he was consecrated bishop by Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara, Archbishop of Mexico. He served as Bishop of Cebu until his death on October 1, 1692. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Felipe Fernandez de Pardo, Archbishop of Manila (1681), and the principal co-consecrator of Andrés González, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1686).