Antonio de Monroy
Most Reverend Antonio de Monroy | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |
| In office | 1685–1715 |
| Predecessor | Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa |
| Successor | Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño |
| Previous post(s) | Master of the Order of Preachers (1677–1686) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 11 Jun 1685 by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 Jul 1634 |
| Died | 7 Nov 1715 (age 81) Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Antonio de Monroy, O.P. or Antonio de Monroy y Hijar (6 July 1634 – 7 November 1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685–1715), Bishop of Michoacán (1680),[1] and the Master of the Order of Preachers (1677-1686).[2][3][4]
Biography
Antonio de Monroy was born in Santiago de Querétaro, México and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] He served as a missionary in Mexico[5] and later represented Mexico at the Dominican chapter of 1677[5] where he encouraged the Rosary Confraternities.[5] In 1677, he was appointed Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.[2] The probabilist controversy raged during his mastership.[5] On 4 June 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[2] on 11 June 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere.[2] In 1686, he resigned as Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.[2] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 7 November 1715.[2] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1688).[2]
References
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia" GCatholic.org Gabriel Chow. retrieved December 31, 2015
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Archbishop Antonio de Monroy, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ a b c d Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 6 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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