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Most Reverend

Francisco de la Serna
Bishop of La Paz
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of La Paz
In office1645–1647
PredecessorAlfonso de Franco y Luna
SuccessorLuis Antonio de Castro y Castillo
Previous post(s)Bishop of Paraguay (1635–1638)
Bishop of Popayán (1638–1645)
Orders
Ordination9 June 1596
Consecration15 November 1637
by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
Personal details
Born1568
Huanuco, Peru
DiedApril 1647 (age 79)
La Paz, Bolivia
NationalityPeruvian

Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A. (1568 – April 1647) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Paz (1645–1647), Bishop of Popayán (1638–1645), and Bishop of Paraguay (1635–1638).[1]

Biography

Francisco de la Serna was born in Huanuco, Peru in 1568 and ordained a priest in the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine on 9 June 1596.[2][3] On 17 December 1635, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Paraguay.[1][2][3] On 15 November 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte, Archbishop of Lima, assisted by Father Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor.[2][3] On 14 June 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Popayán.[1][2][3] On 19 January 1645, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 21 August 1645 as Bishop of La Paz.[1][2][3] He died in April 1647.[1][2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Gaspar de Villarroel, Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1638); and the principal co-consecrator of Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1640).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 98, 269, and 285. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Francisco de la Serna, O.E.S.A." GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.[self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Paraguay
1635–1638 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Popayán
1638–1645 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of La Paz
1645–1647 		Succeeded by


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