Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 198. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 98–99. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  3. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 73. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  5. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva. GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.