Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid | |
Archbishop of Badajoz | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Badajoz |
Term: | 1578–1601 |
Predecessor: | Diego de Simancas |
Successor: | Andrés Fernández de Córdoba y Carvajal |
Birth Date: | 1529 |
Birth Place: | Potes Spain |
Death Date: | August 15, 1601 (age 72) |
Previous Post: | Archbishop of Lima (1577–1578) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T. (1529 – August 15, 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Badajoz (1578–1601) and then second Archbishop of Lima (1577–1578).[1] [2]
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was born in Potes Spain and ordained a priest in then Trinitarian Order. On March 27, 1577, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him then second Archbishop of Lima replacing Jerónimo de Loayza. On June 13, 1577, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him as Archbishop (personal title) of then Diocese of Badajoz where he served until his death on August 15, 1601. His successor in Lima was Saint Turibius de Mogrovejo.