Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera

Most Reverend Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera O. de M.
Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
In office	1687–1700
Predecessor	Domingo Fernández Navarrete
Successor	Francisco del Rincón
Orders
Consecration	18 May 1687 by Marcello Durazzo
Personal details
Born	1632 Salamanca, Spain
Died	24 April 1701 (age 69)

Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera, O. de M. (also Fernando de Carvajal y Rivera) (1632 – 24 April 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1687–1700).

Biography

Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera was born in Salamanca, Spain and was ordained a friar in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On 3 March 1687, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. On 18 May 1687, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Durazzo, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon. He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo until his resignation in December 1700. He died on 24 April 1701. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of José González Blázquez, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1688), and the principal co-consecrator of Gregorio Solórzano Castillo, Bishop of Ávila (1700).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santo Domingo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}