Type: | archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Ignacio Santibáñez | |
Honorific-Suffix: | O.F.M. |
Archbishop Of: | Archbishop of Manila |
Province: | Manila |
See: | Manila |
Enthroned: | August 30, 1595 |
Ended: | August 14, 1598 |
Predecessor: | Domingo de Salazar, O.P. |
Successor: | Miguel de Benavides, O.P. |
Consecration: | August 3, 1597 |
Consecrated By: | Diego de Romano y Govea |
Birth Date: | 1512 |
Death Date: | August 14, 1598 |
Death Place: | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Arzobispo Ignacio Santibáñez | |
Dipstyle: | Monseñor |
Offstyle: | Su Excelencia Reverendísima |
Relstyle: | Reverendísimo |
Ignacio Santibáñez (1512 – August 14, 1598) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Manila (1595-1598).[1] [2] [3]
On August 30, 1595, Ignacio Santibáñez was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII as the first Archbishop of Manila (second Bishop of the Diocese). On August 3, 1597, he was consecrated bishop by Diego de Romano y Govea, Bishop of Tlaxcala and installed on May 28, 1598. He served as Archbishop of Manila until his death on August 14, 1598.