Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra

Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A. (1588–1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1635–1662).[1][2][3]

Most Reverend

Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra
Bishop of Córdoba
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Córdoba
In office1635–1662
PredecessorTomás de la Torre Gibaja
SuccessorFrancisco de Borja (bishop)
Orders
Consecration1633
by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Personal details
Born1588
Río de la Hacha
Died11 February 1662 (age 74)
Córdoba, Argentina

Biography

Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra was born in Río de la Hacha in 1588 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[4] On 20 September 1631, he was selected as Bishop of Córdoba and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 8 March 1632.[1][4] In 1633, he was consecrated bishop by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte, Archbishop of Lima.[4] He was installed on 27 June 1635.[4] He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death on 11 February 1662.[4] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Bernardino de Cárdenas Ponce, Bishop of Paraguay (1641); and the principal co-consecrator of Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco, Bishop of Arequipa (1633).[4]

References
  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 348. (in Latin)
  2. "Diocese of Santiago del Estero" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
  3. "Archdiocese of Córdoba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 19, 2016
  4. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Tomás de la Torre Gibaja		 Bishop of Córdoba
1635–1662		 Succeeded by
Francisco de Borja (bishop)


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