Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto | |
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Term: | 1680–1687 |
Predecessor: | Juan de Esturizada |
Successor: | Juan de los Ríos y Berriz |
Consecration: | December 21, 1681 |
Consecrated By: | Melchor Liñán y Cisneros |
Birth Date: | 1640 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Death Date: | 1687 (age 47) |
Death Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto (1640–1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1680–1687).[1]
Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto was born in Lima, Peru. On May 13, 1680, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. On December 21, 1681, he was consecrated bishop by Melchor Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima. He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1687.