Francisco del Rincón
Francisco del Rincón, OM | |
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| Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada | |
Portrait of FRANCISCO DEL RINCON | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Santafé en Nueva Granada |
| Province | Santafé en Nueva Granada |
| Appointed | 5 October 1716 |
| Installed | 24 January 1718 |
| Predecessor | Francisco de Otero y Cossío |
| Successor | Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones |
| Previous posts | Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1705–1714) Archbishop of Caracas (1714–1716) President of the Royal Audience of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1717–1718) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 June 1707 by Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, OS Bas. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1650 |
| Died | 28 June 1723 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Francisco del Rincón, OM (29 January 1650 – 28 June 1723) was a Spanish-born Minim friar and prelate of the Catholic Church in the New World, in what is now the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia.
From 1705 to 1714, Rincón was Archbishop of Santo Domingo, and was appointed Archbishop of Caracas in 1714, but he declined to accept the position. In 1716, he was appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (now the Archdiocese of Bogotá), where he served until his death in 1723. He also had political influence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, serving as President of the Royal Audience of Santafé de Bogotá from 1717 to 1718.