Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado

Most Reverend Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado
Bishop of Chiapas
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Chiapas
In office	1652-1656
Predecessor	Domingo Ramírez de Arellano
Successor	Bernardo Cristóbal de Quirós
Orders
Ordination	13 Mar 1600
Consecration	18 Dec 1639 by Juan Alonso y Ocón
Personal details
Born	1586 Villacastín, Spain
Died	22 Oct 1666 (age 80) Ciudad Real de Chiapas, Mexico
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Caracas (1639-1652)

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado (also Marcos de Tovar y Valle Maldonado)(1586 - 22 Oct 1666) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1652-1656), and Bishop of Caracas (1639-1652).^[1][2][3]

Biography

Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado was born in Villacastín, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of St. Benedict on 13 Mar 1600.^[1] On 3 Oct 1639, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Caracas.^[1] On 18 Dec 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, as co-consecrators.^[1] On 16 Dec 1652, he was appointed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Chiapas where he served until his death on 22 Oct 1666.^[1] While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of Hernando de Lobo Castrillo, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1650); and the principal co-consecrator of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1639); and Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, Bishop of Durango (1640).^[1]

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Mauro Diego (Marcos) de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, O.S.B." retrieved February 4, 2016
2. GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas" retrieved December 4, 2015
3. GCatholic.org: "Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas" retrieved December 31, 2015