Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga | |
Bishop of Cuenca | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Cuenca |
Term: | 1623–1653 |
Predecessor: | Andrés Pacheco |
Successor: | Juan Francisco Pacheco |
Ordination: | 29 Jul 1619 |
Consecration: | 8 Dec 1619 |
Consecrated By: | Fernando Acevedo González |
Birth Date: | 5 Aug 1574 |
Birth Place: | Benavides de Orvigo, Spain |
Death Date: | 11 Jun 1653 (age 78) |
Death Place: | Cuenca, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1574–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1623–1653) and Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623).[1] [2] [3]
Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga was born in Benavides de Orvigo, Spain on 5 Aug 1574 (or 3 Aug 1576), as illegitimate son of Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera, 5th Duke of Benavente and María Gallega [4] . He was ordained a priest on 29 Jul 1619 .
On 29 Jul 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Valladolid.On 8 Dec 1619, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando Acevedo González, Archbishop of Burgos, with Juan Portocarrero, Bishop of Almería, serving as co-consecrator. On 13 Feb 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Cuenca.He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 11 Jun 1653.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: