Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francisco Delgado López | |
Bishop of Jaén | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Jaén |
Term: | 1566–1576 |
Predecessor: | Diego de los Cobos Molina |
Successor: | Diego Deza Tello |
Consecration: | 11 January 1562 |
Consecrated By: | Diego Ramírez Sedeño de Fuenleal |
Birth Date: | 1514 |
Birth Place: | Villapun |
Death Date: | 2 October 1576 (age 62) |
Death Place: | Jaén, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Lugo (1561–1566) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Francisco Delgado López (1514 – 2 October 1576) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaén (1566–1576) and Bishop of Lugo (1561–1566).[1] [2]
Francisco Delgado López was born in Villapun in 1514. On 13 June 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Lugo. On 11 January 1562, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Ramírez Sedeño de Fuenleal, Bishop of Pamplona, with Luis Suárez, Bishop of Dragonara, and Rodrigo Vázquez, Titular Bishop of Troas, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 April 1566, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Jaén. He served as Bishop of Jaén until his death on 2 October 1576.