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]
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).