Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera | |
Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga |
Term: | 1622–1636 |
Predecessor: | Agustín de Carvajal |
Successor: | Gabriel de Zarate |
Consecration: | 27 December 1622 |
Consecrated By: | Luis Jerónimo Oré |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1561 |
Birth Place: | Carmona, Spain |
Death Place: | México City |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera (25 July 1561 - 20 July 1636) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1622–1636). As word of his death had not yet reached Europe, he was appointed Archbishop of Mexico posthumously.[1] [2]
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera was born in Carmona, Spain on 25 July 1561. On 14 March 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga. On 27 December 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Luis Jerónimo Oré, Bishop of Concepción. On 20 July 1636, he died as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga. As news of his death had not reached Europe, he was appointed on 9 September 1636 during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Mexico.