Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1620 – 13 August 1681) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Antequera The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca ( la, Archidioecesis Antequerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the epis ...

(1678–1681).

Biography

Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado was born in Santa Catalina Minas. On 3 October 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Alexander VIII Pope Alexander VIII ( it, Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is to date the las ...

. On 14 January 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún,

Bishop of Tlaxcala A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

. He served as Bishop of Antequera' until his death on 13 August 1681.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VIII 1620 births 1681 deaths {{Mexico-RC-bishop-stub