Nicolás Delgado

Most Reverend Nicolás Delgado
Bishop of Nicaragua
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Nicaragua
In office	1687–1698
Predecessor	Juan de Rojas y Asúa
Successor	Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo
Personal details
Died	25 November 1698 León, Nicaragua

Nicolás Delgado, O.F.M. (died 25 November 1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1687–1698).^[1]^[2]

Biography

Nicolás Delgado was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[3] On 2 May 1687, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Nicaragua and installed on 22 December 1688.^[1]^[3] He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 25 November 1698.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 287. (in Latin)
^ Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN 9789977640792.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Nicolás Delgado, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León (Nicaragua)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}