Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Gonzalo Herrera Olivares | |
Archbishop of Burgos | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Burgos |
Term: | 1568–1579 |
Consecration: | 25 July 1568 |
Consecrated By: | Scipione Rebiba |
Death Date: | 20 September 1579 |
Death Place: | Burgos, Spain |
Gonzalo Herrera Olivares (died 20 September 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (1568–1579).[1] [2] [3]
On 23 July 1568, Gonzalo Herrera Olivares was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos and Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. On 25 July 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, with Felice Peretti Montalto, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos until his death on 20 September 1579. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Sebastián Lartaún, Bishop of Cuzco (1571).