Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas | |
Bishop of Ugento | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Ugento |
Term: | 1659–1660 |
Predecessor: | Andreas Lanfranchi |
Successor: | Antonio Carafa |
Consecration: | 17 August 1659 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Date: | March 1599 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Spain |
Death Date: | 23 November 1660 (age 61) |
Death Place: | Ugento, Italy |
Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas, O. Carm. (1599–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ugento (1659–1660).[1]
Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas was born in Toledo, Spain in 1599 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.[2] On 18 November 1657, he was selected as Bishop of Ugento and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 28 July 1659.On 17 August 1659, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Stefano Quaranta, Archbishop of Amalfi, and Francisco Suárez de Villegas, Titular Bishop of Memphis, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ugento until his death on 23 November 1660.