Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar


Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar, O.S.B. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Buenos Aires and Bishop of Paraguay.

Biography

Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar was born in Valladolid, Spain in 1578 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict on 10 October 1585.
On 12 February 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Paraguay.
On 3 December 1635, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Buenos Aires.
He served as Bishop of Buenos Aires until his death in 1641.