About Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos
Lived 1590 – 1665 (aged 74). Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos was a Mexican archbishop.
Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Dávalos (25 November 1590 – 2 September 1665) was a Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mexico (1664–1665) and Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1658–1664).
Biography Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Dávalos was born in New Spain. On 19 January 1658, he selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca. On 13 September 1658, he was consecrated bishop by Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro, Archbishop of Mexico. On 28 April 1664, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Mexico and installed on 15 November 1664. He served as Archbishop of Mexico until his death on 2 September 1665. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Marcos de Torres y Rueda, Bishop of Yucatán (1645).
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Mexican archbishop (1590-1665)
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Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos was born on 25 November 1590 in New Spain.
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Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos died on 2 September 1665 in New Spain.
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Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos was an archbishop.
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Alonso de Cuevas Dávalos was Mexican.
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