Pedro de Agurto

Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. (1544 – October 15, 1608) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cebu (1595–1608).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Most Reverend

Pedro de Agurto
Bishop of Cebu
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cebu
In office1595-1608
PredecessorNone
SuccessorPedro de Arce
Orders
ConsecrationAugust 3, 1597
by Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria)
Personal details
Born1544
Mexico City
DiedOctober 15, 1608 (age 64)

Biography

Pedro de Agurto was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On August 30, 1595, Pope Clement VIII appointed him Bishop of Cebu.[1][2] He was consecrated bishop on August 3, 1597 by Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria), Bishop of Tlaxcala.[2]

gollark: Just disable it.
gollark: Rotating doesn't actually require energy input to sustain.
gollark: Oh yes, "downloading" Netflix things sounds entirely possible.
gollark: It's multiple things.
gollark: Hmm. I apparently still have a broken `sudo` somehow.

See also

References
  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 261. (in Latin)
  2. "Bishop Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A."Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 11, 2017
  3. "Archdiocese of Cebu"Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 11, 2017
  4. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. Philippine Star: "Fray Pedro de Agurto, OSA: The first Bishop of Cebu" By Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes, OSA (The Freeman) October 12, 2014
  6. Augustinian Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu-Philippines: "Fray Pedro de Agurto, OSA, the first Bishop of Cebu" retrieved November 12, 2015
Religious titles
Preceded by
None		 Bishop of Cebu
1595–1608		 Succeeded by
Pedro de Arce


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.