Tomás de Monterroso, O.P. (died 1678) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca 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 ...

(1664–1678).

Biography

Tomás de Monterroso was ordained a priest in the

Order of Preachers The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. On 23 June 1664, Tomás de Monterroso was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...

. He served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca until his death on 26 January 1678.

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