Diego de Gorospe e Irala

Most Reverend Diego de Gorospe e Irala
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1699–1715
Predecessor	Francisco Pizaro de Orellana
Successor	Pedro Mejorada
Orders
Consecration	22 January 1702 by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz
Personal details
Born	1649 Puebla, New Spain (now Mexico)
Died	20 May 1715 (age 66) Vigan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Nationality	Spanish

Diego de Gorospe e Irala, O.P. (1649–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1699–1715).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Diego de Gorospe e Irala was born in Puebla, New Spain (now in Mexico), in 1649 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[4] On 1 June 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Nueva Segovia^[1]^[4] but did not arrive in the diocese until 1704.^[5] His appointment filled a long vacancy in the bishopric as his predecessor died in 1683.^[5]

On 22 January 1702, he was consecrated bishop by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz, Bishop of Michoacán.^[4] He served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia until his death on 20 May 1715.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Padua: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 292–293. (in Latin)
^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 7, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego de Gorospe y [e] Irala, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
^ ^a ^b Blair, Emma Helen (March 24, 2011). The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Relating to China and the Chinese, Volume 21. p. 237.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francisco Pizaro de Orellana	Bishop of Nueva Segovia 1699–1715	Succeeded by Pedro Mejorada

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

Archidioecesis Novae Segobiae

Territory

Ilocos Sur

Ordinaries

Miguel de Benavides
Diego Soria
Miguel García Serrano
Juan Rentería
Hernando Guerrero
Diego Aduarte
Fernando Montero Espinosa
Rodrigo Cárdenas
José Millán de Poblete (bishop-elect)
Francisco Pizaro de Orellana
Diego de Gorospe e Irala
Pedro Mejorada
Jeronimo Herrera y Lopez
Manuel del Rio Flores
Juan de Arechederra
Juan de La Fuente Yepes
Bernardo de Ustariz
Miguel García San Esteban
Juan García Ruiz
Agustín Pedro Blaquier
Cayetano Pallás
Francisco Albán Barreiro
Rafael Masoliver
Vicente Barreiro y Pérez
Juan José Aragonés
Mariano Cuartero y Sierra
José Hevía y Campomanes
Dennis Joseph Dougherty
James Jordan Carroll
Peter Joseph Hurth
Santiago Caragnan Sancho
Juan Callanta Sison
Jose Tomas Sanchez
Orlando Quevedo
Edmundo Abaya
Ernesto Antolin Salgado
Marlo Peralta

Cathedral

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, Vigan

Basilica

Sinait

Shrines

Bantay
Santa Lucia
San Vicente
Santa Maria
Narvacan

Parishes

Vicariate of St. Paul the Apostle	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, Vigan St. Dominic of Guzman (Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur) St. Ildephonse (San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur) St. Augustine (Bantay) St. Vincent Ferrer (San Vicente, Ilocos Sur) St. Catherine of Alexandria (Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of Hope (Caoayan) Christ the King (Bantay)
Vicariate of St. Mark the Evangelist	St. Nicolas of Tolentino (Sinait) St. Mark the Evangelist (Cabugao) St. John the Baptist (Cabugao) St. Isidore the Farmer (San Juan, Ilocos Sur) St. William the Hermit (Magsingal) St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Magsingal) San Padre Pio de Pietrelcina (Magsingal)
Vicariate of Our Lady of Assumption	St. Catherine of Alexandria (Santa, Ilocos Sur) St. Francis Xavier (Narvacan) Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Narvacan) St. Joseph (Nagbukel) Most Holy Name of Jesus (Burgos, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of the Assumption (Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur) St. Stephen Protomartyr (San Esteban, Ilocos Sur)
Vicariate of St. Therese	Immaculate Conception (Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur) St. Joseph the Worker (Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of Guadalupe (Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur) St. Andrew the Apostle (Suyo, Ilocos Sur) St. Augustine (Tagudin) Immaculate Conception (Quirino, Ilocos Sur) Holy Child of Prague (Cervantes, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of Lourdes (Alilem) St. Anthony of Padua (Sugpon)
Vicariate of St. Joseph	St. John of Sahagun (Candon) St. James the Greater (Santiago, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of Lourdes (Banayoyo) Our Lady of Fatima (Lidlidda) St. Michael the Archangel (San Emilio, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady Help of Christians (Candon) Sacred Heart of Jesus (Galimuyod) St. Joseph (Salcedo, Ilocos Sur) Our Lady of the Pillar (Del Pilar, Ilocos Sur) St. Joseph the Worker (Sigay) St. Lucy (Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur)