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Biography

Diego Ramirez de Cepeda was born in

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. On 15 July 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...

as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia. He served as Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia until his death in 1629.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Granada Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII Roman Catholic bishops of Cartagena in Colombia 1629 deaths Clergy from Lima {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub