Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz | |
Bishop of Zamora | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Zamora |
Term: | 1546–1560 |
Predecessor: | Pedro Manuel |
Successor: | Alvaro Moscoso |
Birth Date: | 1480 |
Death Date: | 1560 (age 80) |
Death Place: | Zamora, Spain |
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Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz (1480 – 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1546–1560)[1] and Bishop of Guadix (1537–1546).[2]
Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz was born in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain in 1480.[3] [4] On 11 April 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Guadix.On 9 April 1546, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Zamora.He served as Bishop of Zamora until his death in 1560.