Miguel de Benavides

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Benavides and the second or maternal family name is Añoza.

The Most Reverend

Miguel de Benavides

O.P.
Archbishop of Manila
ProvinceManila
SeeManila
InstalledOctober 7, 1602
Term endedJuly 26, 1605
PredecessorIgnacio Santibáñez, O.F.M.
SuccessorDiego Vázquez de Mercado
Other post(s)Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Orders
Ordination1568
Personal details
Bornc. 1552
Carrión de los Condes, Habsburg Spain
DiedJuly 26, 1605 (aged 52–53)
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, New Spain, Spanish Empire
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Styles of
Arzobispo Miguel de Benavides
Reference styleMonseñor
Spoken styleSu Excelencia Reverendísima
Religious styleReverendísimo

Miguel de Benavides y Añoza, O.P. (c. 1552 – July 26, 1605) was a Spanish Catholic prelate and sinologist who served as the third Archbishop of Manila. He previously served as the first Bishop of Nueva Segovia and was the founder of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.[1][2]

  1. ^ Aparicio, A.; Tejero, P.; et al. (2006 August). News in Print: Special Issue. Retrieved December 23, 2009, from https://www.scribd.com
  2. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 261 and 230. (in Latin)