Pedro Urbina Montoya

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Pedro Urbina Montoya

| title = Archbishop of Seville

| image = Retrato de Fray Pedro de Urbina (Bartolomé Esteban Murillo).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Pedro Urbina Montoya, was the Archbishop of Seville.

| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Seville

| diocese =

| see =

| term = 1658–1663

| predecessor = Pedro Tapia

| successor = Antonio Paiño Sevilla

| ordination = 22 February 1609

| ordained_by =

| consecration = 11 September 1644

| consecrated_by = Diego Arce Reinoso

| cardinal =

| rank =

| birth_date = 12 August 1585

| birth_place = Berantevilla, Spain

| death_date = 6 February 1663

| death_place = Seville, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Coria (1644–1648)
Archbishop of Valencia (1648–1658)

| nationality = Spanish

}}

Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. or Pedro de Urbina y Montoya (12 August 1585 – 6 February 1663) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Seville (1658–1663), Archbishop of Valencia (1648–1658), and Bishop of Coria (1644–1648).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/burmo.html "Archbishop Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 15, 2016

Biography

Pedro Urbina Montoya was born in Berantevilla, Spain on 12 August 1585 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor on 22 February 1609. On 2 May 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Coria. On 11 September 1644, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Arce Reinoso, Bishop of Plasencia, with Miguel Avellán, Titular Bishop of Siriensis, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Titular Bishop of Lystra, serving as co-consecrators. On 30 December 1648, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 28 June 1649 as Archbishop of Valencia. He was installed on 18 December 1649. On 1 April 1658, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Seville. He served as Archbishop of Seville until his death on 6 February 1663.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

Luis Crespi y Borja, Bishop of Orihuela (1652);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

Juan Juániz de Echalar, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1645);
Domenico Blanditi, Bishop of Umbriatico (1650);
Tommaso Lolli, Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1650); and
Giovanni Gerini, Bishop of Volterra (1650).

References

External links and additional sources

{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Coria-Cáceres|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcoca.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Coria-Caceres (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cori0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Valencia|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvals.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources
{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/vale0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources
{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsevi.html }} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sevi0.htm}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS