El primer obispo criollo del Río de la Plata, fray Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velasco

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  • Susana R. FRÍAS

Abstract

RESUMEN: La diócesis del Río de la Plata fue de creación tardía y desde un principio arrastró problemas tanto de carácter económico como de comunicación con las autoridades civiles y eclesiásticas. Los cuatro obispos que cubren el siglo XVII llevaron a cabo su labor, muchas veces con el apoyo de la autoridad local, otras, enfrentados con ellas. Es poco lo que se sabe de cada uno de ellos, fundamentalmente porque la documentación relativa a estas relaciones se conservaba en la Notaría del Arzobispado de Buenos Aires, desaparecida en el incendio de 1955. El tercer dignatario de esta diócesis fue fray Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velasco, a quien se recuerda, especialmente, por haber convocado al primero –y hasta hace un año- único Sínodo diocesano. Sin embargo, este trabajo lo muestra como pastor preocupado por su grey, ordenador de la vida eclesial y devoto de la santísima Virgen María. Palabras clave: Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velasco, O.P. Diócesis del Río de la Plata. Argentina. Relaciones Iglesia-Estado. Sínodo. ABSTRACT: The Rio de la Plata diocese was a late creation and from the beginning it dragged problems both economically and in communication with the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. The four bishops covering the 17th century carried out their work, often with the support of the local authority, others, confrontin with them. A few little is known about each of them, mainly because the documentation related to these relations was preserved in the notary of theArchdiocese of Buenos Aires, disappeared in the fire of 1955.The third dignitary of this diocese was Fray Cristóbal de la Mancha and Velasco who is especially remembered for having summoned the first, and until a year ago, the only diocesan synod. However, this work shows him as a pastor concerned about his flock, an orderer of eclessial life and devout of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Keywords: Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velasco, O.P. Diocese of Río de la Plata. Argentina. Church-State relations. Synod.

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Published

2022-07-20

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FRÍAS, S. R. (2022). El primer obispo criollo del Río de la Plata, fray Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velasco. Archivo Dominicano, 40(40), 281–301. Retrieved from https://archivodominicano.dominicos.org/ojs/article/view/obispo-dominico-criollo-rio-plata-mancha-velasco

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Vol. 40 (2019)

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