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Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera, O. de M. (also Fernando de Carvajal y Rivera) (1632 – 24 April 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1687–1700).

Biography

Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera was born in Salamanca, Spain and was ordained a friar in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On 3 March 1687, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Santo Domingo. On 18 May 1687, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Durazzo, Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon. He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo until his resignation in December 1700. He died on 24 April 1701. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of José González Blázquez, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1688), and the principal co-consecrator of Gregorio Solórzano Castillo, Bishop of Ávila (1700).

References

1. ^ "Archbishop Fernando de Carvajal y Ribera (Rivera), O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santo Domingo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

• Biography
• Catholicism
• Spain
• Dominican Republic

• 1632 births
• 1701 deaths
• Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI
• Mercedarian bishops
• Roman Catholic archbishops of Santo Domingo
• People from Salamanca
• 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Dominican Republic