Diego de Zambrana explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego de Zambrana
Archbishop-Elect of La Plata o Charcas
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of La Plata o Charcas
Term:1608–1609
Predecessor:Luis López de Solís
Successor:Alonso de Peralta
Death Date:1609

Diego de Zambrana (also Diego de Zambrana y Guzmán or Diego de Carmona) (died 1609) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Archbishop Elect of La Plata o Charcas (1608–1609) and Bishop Elect of La Paz (1605–1608).[1]

Biography

On 4 July 1605, Diego de Zambrana was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as the first Bishop of La Paz[2] but never arrived to take possession.[3] On 14 January 1608, he was instead appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas. He died soon after in 1609 before he was consecrated.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 269 and 282. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Father Diego de Zambrana (de Carmona) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  3. Book: Espasa-Calpe. Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana: etimologías sánscrito, hebreo, griego, latín, árabe, lenguas indígenas americanas, etc. 1,082. January 1, 1920.