Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1682–1702
Predecessor:Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño
Successor:Mauro de Larreátegui y Colón
Birth Date:1632
Death Date:2 November 1702
Death Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Previous Post:Bishop of Nicaragua (1677–1682)
Nationality:Spanish

Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. (1632  - 2 November 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1682–1702)[1] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1677–1682).[2] [3]

Biography

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba was born in Baza, Spain and ordained a priest in 1660 in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.[4] [5] On 13 September 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 13 September 1677, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala and installed on 23 February 1679. On 15 June 1682, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI on 15 February 1683 as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala. He was installed on 24 March 1683. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 2 November 1702.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, Bishop of Comayagua (1679).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 215–216. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 287. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  3. Book: Blanco Segura, Ricardo. Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. 1984. EUNED . 9789977640792.
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  5. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.