Juan de la Torre y Castro was born in Arrancarra de Aranxo,
Spain and ordained a priest in the
Order of Friars Minor. On 19 December 1661, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Alexander VII as
Bishop of Nicaragua. In 1662, he was consecrated bishop by
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas,
Bishop of Puebla. He died six days after arriving in Nicaragua in December 1662.
Alfonso Bravo de Laguna, who served as
Vicar Capitular since 1660 after the death of
Tomás Manso, was appointed the next Bishop. == References ==