Francisco Sotomayor

Most Reverend

Francisco Sotomayor
Most Reverend; Francisco Sotomayor
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
In office	1628–1630
Predecessor	Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Successor	Francisco Vega Borja
Orders
Consecration	August 18, 1624; by Gonzalo del Campo
Personal details
Born	Santo Tomé, Spain
Died	February 5, 1630; Sucre, Peru
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1623); Bishop of Quito (1623–1628)

Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M. (died February 5, 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1628–1630), the Bishop of Quito (1623–1628), and the Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1623).^[1]^[2]

Biography[edit]

Francisco Sotomayor was born in Santo Tomé, Spain ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[2] On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia.^[1]^[2] On May 22, 1623, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Quito.^[1]^[2] On August 18, 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Gonzalo del Campo, Archbishop of Lima.^[2] On June 5, 1628, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.^[1]^[2] He served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on February 5, 1630.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 137, 290, and 282. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Francisco Sotomayor, O.F.M." retrieved December 9, 2015

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Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
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Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre (Bolivia)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Diego Torres Altamirano	Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia 1623	Succeeded by Diego Ramirez de Cepeda
Preceded by Alfonso Santillán Fajardo	Bishop of Quito 1623–1628	Succeeded by Pedro de Oviedo Falconi
Preceded by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas 1628–1630	Succeeded by Francisco Vega Borja

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