Antonio de Hervias

Most Reverend

Antonio de Hervias
Most Reverend; Antonio de Hervias
Bishop of Cartagena
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Cartagena
In office	1587–1590
Predecessor	Juan Montalvo
Successor	Juan de Labrada
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Verapaz (1579–1587); Bishop of Arequipa (1577–1579)
Personal details
Died	28 September 1587; Cartagena, Colombia

Antonio de Hervias, O.P. (died in 1590), was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cartagena (1587–1590),^[1] Bishop of Verapaz (1579–1587),^[2] and the first Bishop of Arequipa (1577–1579).^[3]

Biography

Son of Marcos de Hervias and Ana Calderón, he studied at the Colegio de San Gregorio of Valladolid, and he studied at the convent of Sant Esteve in Salamanca.

Antonio de Hervias was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[4]

On 15 April 1577 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Arequipa.^[3]^[4]
On 9 January 1579 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Verapaz.^[2]^[4]
On 28 September 1587 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Cartagena where he served until his death on 28 September 1587.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 154. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 330. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 116. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Antonio de Hervias, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Arequipa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Verapaz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Verapaz (Guatemala)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by None	Bishop of Arequipa 1577–1579	Succeeded by Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez
Preceded by Tomás de Cárdenas	Bishop of Verapaz 1579–1587	Succeeded by Juan Fernández de Rosillo
Preceded by Juan Montalvo (bishop)	Archbishop of Cartagena 1587–1590	Succeeded by Juan de Labrada