Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa
Bishop of Córdoba
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Córdoba
Term:1582–1586
Predecessor:Martín de Córdoba Mendoza
Successor:Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba
Consecration:8 December 1568
Consecrated By:Francisco Pacheco de Villena
Death Date:28 June 1586
Death Place:Córdoba, Spain
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Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa (died 1586) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1582–1586) and Bishop of Patti (1568–1578).[1] [2]

Biography

On 17 September 1568, Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Patti.On 8 December 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Pacheco de Villena, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, with Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete, Archbishop of Tarragona, and Diego de Simancas, Bishop of Badajoz, serving as co-consecrators. He resigned as Bishop of Patti on 29 October 1578.On 19 March 1582, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Córdoba.He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death on 28 June 1586.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 266 and 178. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brpf.html "Bishop Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa"