Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor, O.P. (1600 – 18 May 1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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Biography

Luís de Cifuentes y Sotomayor was born in

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in 1600 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 22 September 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. On 25 July 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas,

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. He served as Bishop of Yucatán until his death on 18 May 1676. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of

Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza Juan de Escalante Turcios y Mendoza (1608 – 31 May 1681) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Yucatán (1679–1681) and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1672–1679).

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(1673).

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