Most Reverend

Fernando de Ocampo
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
In office1621–1632
PredecessorAntonio Calderón de León
SuccessorJuan de Zapata y Figueroa
Orders
Consecration1621
by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
Personal details
Died1632
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Usula (1620–1621)

Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M. (died 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1621–1632) and Titular Bishop of Usula (1620–1621).[1][2]

Biography

Fernando de Ocampo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On December 14, 1620, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Titular Bishop of Usula.[1][2] In 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Lima and succeeded to the bishopric.[2] He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1632.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Luis Jerónimo Oré, Bishop of Concepción.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 168 and 354. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Fernando de Ocampo, O.F.M." retrieved January 10, 2016


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