Martín Ignacio de Loyola

Most Reverend

Martín Ignacio de Loyola
Bishop of Paraguay
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Paraguay
In office1601–1606
PredecessorThomas Vásquez de Liaño
SuccessorReginaldo de Lizárraga
Orders
Consecration1602
by Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz
Personal details
Bornc. 1550
Eibar, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Died1606
Buenos Aires

Martín Ignacio Martínez de Mallea, known as Martín Ignacio de Loyola (c. 1550 – 1606), was a Franciscan friar, best known for his two travels around the world in 1580–1584 and 1585–1589, being the first person to complete the world circumnavigation twice in different directionsA, and for his missionary effort in China.

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