Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega


Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán.

Biography

Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega was born on 27 December 1520 in Medina del Campo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.
On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Michoacán.
On 5 December 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro de Moya y Contreras, Archbishop of México, with Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, Bishop of Tlaxcala, serving as co-consecrator.
He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 30 June 1588.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Graniero Avalos, Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.