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 Seijas Losada
Successor	Luis de Salcedo y Azcona
Personal details
Born	6 Jul 1634 Santiago de Querétaro, México
Died	7 Nov 1715 (age 81) Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Previous post	Master of the Order of Preachers (1677-1686)

Antonio de Monroy (6 Jul 1634 - 7 Nov 1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685-1715) and the Master of the Order of Preachers (1677-1686).^[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Antonio de Monroy was born in Santiago de Querétaro, México and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[1] 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.^[1] The probabilist controversy raged during his mastership.^[5] On 4 Jun 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.^[1] In 1686, He resigned as Master General of Order of Friars Preachers.^[1] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 7 Nov 1715.^[1]

References

1. "Archbishop Antonio de Monroy, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia" GCatholic.org Gabriel Chow. retrieved December 31, 2015
5. Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 6