Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Nicolás Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva | |
Bishop of Guadix | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Guadix |
Term: | 1606–1610 |
Predecessor: | Juan Fonseca |
Successor: | Juan Nicolás Valdés de Carriazo |
Ordination: | 12 May 1573 |
Consecration: | 8 December 1594 |
Consecrated By: | Leonard Abel |
Birth Date: | 1544 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Spain |
Death Date: | 23 June 1610 (age 66) |
Death Place: | Guadix, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Agrigento (1594–1606) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Juan Nicolás Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva (1544 - 23 June 1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadix (1606–1610)[1] and Bishop of Agrigento (1594–1606).[2] [3]
Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva was born in Toledo, Spain in 1544 and ordained a priest on 12 May 1573.[4] [5] On 2 December 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Agrigento. On 8 December 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, with Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster, Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, and Georgius Perpignani, Bishop of Tinos, serving as co-consecrators. On 16 January 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Guadix. He served as Bishop of Guadix until his death on 23 June 1610.