Diego Castejón Fonseca (1580 – 19 February 1655) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tarazona (1643–1655) and
Bishop of Lugo
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
Biography
Diego Castejón Fonseca was born in
Madrid
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,
Spain
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in 1580. On 9 January 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban 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 pope, he expanded the papal terri ...
as
Bishop of Lugo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo () is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de C ...
. On 2 July 1634, he was consecrated bishop by
Melchor Soria Vera
Melchor Soria Vera (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1602–1643) and Titular Bishop of ''Troas'' (1602–1643).Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of ''Siriensis'', and
Timoteo Pérez Vargas
Timoteo Pérez Vargas, OCD (1595 – 5 April 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639). ''(in Latin)''Bishop of Ispahan, serving as co-consecrators. On 1 May 1636, he resigned as Bishop of Lugo.
In June 1640, he became President of the
Council of Castile
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It was established under Isabella I in 1480 as the chi ...
.
On 28 March 1643, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on 23 May 1644 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Tarazona. He served as Bishop of Tarazona until his death on 19 February 1655.