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Diego de Romano y Govea (1538 – April 12, 1606) served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) (1578-1606).
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Diego de Romano y Govea was born in Valladolid, Spain. On January 13, 1578, Pope Gregory XIII appointed him Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles). On December 2, 1578, he was consecrated bishop. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Bartolomé de Ledesma, Bishop of Panamá; Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez, Bishop of Guadalajara; Ignacio Santibáñez, Archbishop of Manila; Pedro de Agurto, Bishop of Cebu; Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada; Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, Bishop of Paraguay; and the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Graniero Avalos, Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.