Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Cervantes | |
Bishop of Antequera | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Antequera |
Term: | 1608–1614 |
Predecessor: | Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz |
Successor: | Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa |
Consecration: | 3 May 1609 |
Consecrated By: | Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1553 |
Birth Place: | México |
Death Date: | 13 September 1614 (age 61) |
Death Place: | Antequera, Oaxaca, México |
Nationality: | Mexican |
Juan de Cervantes (24 June 1553 – 13 September 1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the Bishop of Antequera (1608–1614).
Juan de Cervantes was born in México on the 24 of June, 1553.[1] On the 28 of May 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Antequera. On the 3 of May 1609, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar, who was the Bishop of Tlaxcala. He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death on the 13 of September,1614.