Felipe Tarsis de Acuña explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Felipe Tarsis de Acuña
Archbishop of Granada
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Granada
Term:1616–1620
Predecessor:Pedro González de Mendoza
Successor:Garcerán Albañell
Birth Date:1548
Birth Place:Valladolid, Spain
Death Date:20 June 1620 (age 72)
Death Place:Granada, Spain
Previous Post:Bishop of Palencia (1608–1616)
Nationality:Spanish

Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. (1548 – 20 June 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Granada (1616–1620) and Bishop of Palencia (1608–1616).[1] [2]

Biography

Felipe Tarsis de Acuña was born in Valladolid, Spain in 1548 and ordained a priest in the Order of Santiago.On 11 February 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Palencia.On 24 February 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Granada.He served as Archbishop of Granada until his death on 20 June 1620.While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alonso González Aguilar, Bishop of León (1613).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btarsis.html "Archbishop Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S."
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/gran0.htm#19627 "Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S."