Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández de Santa Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Sahagún.
Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz
Bishop of Tlaxcala
Santa Cruz in an anonymous portrait - now in the Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, México
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Tlaxcala
In office2 June 1676 – 1 February 1699
PredecessorJuan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo
SuccessorIgnacio de Urbina
Previous postBishop of Guadalajara (1674-1676)
Orders
Ordination1661
Consecration24 August 1675
by Payo Enríquez de Rivera
Personal details
BornManuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún
(1637-01-18)18 January 1637
Palencia, Kingdom of Castile, Spanish Empire
Died1 February 1699(1699-02-01) (aged 62)
Puebla de los Ángeles, New Spain, Spanish Empire

Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún (18 January 1637, Palencia (Spain) – 1 February 1699, Puebla (Mexico)) was a religious writer and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadalajara (19 February 1674 – 2 June 1676), and Bishop of Tlaxcala (2 June 1676 – 1 February 1699). As well as founding charitable institutions in his diocese, he published Sor Juana's Carta atenagórica (critiquing a sermon by António Vieira) - without her permission (albeit under a pseudonym) and told her to focus on religious instead of secular studies, despite agreeing with her criticisms.

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