Most Reverend Diego Guevara | |
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Bishop of Nueva Caceres | |
Church | Catholic Church |
In office | 1616–1621 |
Predecessor | Pedro Matías |
Successor | Luis de Cañizares |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1616 by Pedro Castro Quiñones |
Personal details | |
Born | 1568 |
Died | 1621 Nueva Caceres |
Diego Guevara, O.S.A. (1568–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1616–1621).[1][2]
Diego Guevar was born in Baeza, Spain in 1568 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 3 August 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nueva Caceres.[1][2] In 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Castro Quiñones, Archbishop of Seville.[2] He served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death in 1621.[1][2]