Francisco Trujillo Garcia Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francisco Trujillo Garcia
Bishop of León
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of León
Term:1578–1592
Predecessor:Juan de San Millán
Successor:Juan Alonso Moscoso
Consecration:1578
Consecrated By:Filippo Sega
Birth Date:1519
Birth Place:Cañicera, Spain
Death Date:14 November 1592 (age 73)
Death Place:León, Spain

Francisco Trujillo Garcia (1519 – 14 November 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of León (1578–1592).[1] [2]

Biography

Francisco Trujillo Garcia was born in Cañicera, Spain in 1519. On 5 September 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of León. In 1578, he was consecrated bishop by Filippo Sega, Bishop of Piacenza, with Diego de Simancas, Bishop of Zamora, and Diego de la Calzada, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of León until his death on 14 November 1592. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Juan Ruiz Agüero, Bishop of Zamora (1584), and Pedro Castro Quiñones, Archbishop of Granada (1590).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 222. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btrug.html "Bishop Francisco Trujillo Garcia"