Andrés de Ubilla

Most Reverend

Andrés de Ubilla
Bishop of Michoacán
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Michoacán
In office1603
PredecessorDomingo de Ulloa
SuccessorJuan Fernández de Rosillo
Previous post(s)Bishop of Chiapas (1592–1603)
Orders
Ordination22 July 1558
Personal details
Born1540
Eibar, Spain
DiedMay 1603 (age 63)
Michoacán, México

Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (1540 – May 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1603) and Bishop of Chiapas (1592–1603).[1][2][3]

Biography

Andrés de Ubilla was born in Eibar, Spain in 1540 and ordained as a priest in the Order of Preachers on 22 July 1558.[3] In 1587 Andrés was accused of inappropriate behavior by Diego Durán.[4] On 21 May 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Chiapas.[3] On 29 January 1603, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Michoacán.[3] He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death in May 1603.[3]

References

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 65. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 148 and 236. (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Bishop Andrés de Ubilla, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  4. ^ Mariscal, Blanca López de (2016). Print Culture through the Ages: Essays on Latin American Book History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-144-389-661-0.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Chiapas
1592–1603 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Michoacán
1603 		Succeeded by


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