Martín García Ceniceros

Most Reverend Diego Fernández de Villalán
Bishop Elect of Almería
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Almería
In office	1632
Predecessor	Antonio Viedma Chaves
Successor	Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
Personal details
Born	Tenillono, Spain
Died	October 1632 Almería, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Inquisitor of Canarias Inquisitor of Valencia Inquisitor of Cartagena Inquisitor of Valladolid

Martín García Ceniceros (also Martín García Gómez de Ceniceros)(died Oct 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Inquisitor of Canarias, Valencia, Cartagena, and Valladolid. He was appointed and briefly served as Bishop Elect of Almería (1632) but died before his consecration.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Martín García Ceniceros was born in Tenillono, Spain.^[4] He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Calahorra and obtained a license in Theology and a doctorate in Canon Law.^[4] After his schooling, he was successively appointed the Inquisitor of the Diocese of Canarias, the Archdiocese of Valencia, the Diocese of Cartagena, and then the Diocese of Valladolid.^[4] After the death of Bishop Antonio Viedma Chaves, he was selected on 1 March 1632 by the King of Spain, Felipe IV and confirmed on 2 August 1632 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almería.^[4] Although he assumed the office and duties as Bishop, he died 2 months later in October 1632 and was never consecrated.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Catholic Hierarchy: "Father Martín García Ceniceros" retrieved January 15, 2016
^ ^a ^b GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Almería" retrieved January 14, 2015
^ Dioceses de Almeria website: "TABLA DE LOS OBISPOS DE LA DIÓCESIS URCITANA-ALMERIENSE" Archived 2017-08-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved January 15, 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Deputacion de Almería: "Don Martín García Gómez de Ceniceros" Archived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine retrieved January 15, 2016