Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. (1560 – 22 July 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1608–1622), Bishop of Antequera (1605–1608), and

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(1603–1605). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz was born in

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in 1560 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 10 September 1601, he was selected by the King of Spain as Bishop of Paraguay but was soon replaced by Martín Ignacio de Loyola who was appointed by the Pope on 19 November 1601. On 13 January 1603, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. In 1603, he was consecrated bishop by Diego de Romano y Govea, Bishop of Tlaxcala. On 6 June 1605, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Antequera. On 4 February 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Michoacán. He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 22 July 1622.

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