Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa

Most Reverend
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Bishop of Quito
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Quito
In office 1688–1702
Predecessor Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro
Successor Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Ordination 1661
Consecration 14 Apr 1680
by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Personal details
Born 1632
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died 1702 (age 70)
Quito, Ecuador
Nationality Spanish
Previous post Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688)

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632 – 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688).[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1632 and ordained a priest in 1661.[1] On 12 Jun 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.[1] On 14 Apr 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá.[1] On 15 Nov 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito.[1] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.[1]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Archdiocese of Quito" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora		 Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
1679–1688 		Succeeded by
Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
Preceded by
Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro		 Bishop of Quito
1688–1702 		Succeeded by
Diego Ladrón de Guevara
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.