Fernando de Ocampo

Most Reverend
Fernando de Ocampo
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Predecessor Antonio Calderón de León
Successor Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
Orders
Consecration 1621
by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
Personal details
Died 1632
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Fernando de Ocampo (died 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1620-1632).[1][2]

Fernando de Ocampo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[1] On December 14, 1620, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Titular Bishop of Usula.[1] In 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Lima and succeeded to the bishopric.[1] He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1632.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Luis Jerónimo Oré, Bishop of Concepción.[1]

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Antonio Calderón de León
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
1620-1632
Succeeded by
Juan de Zapata y Figueroa
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