Pedro Gómez de Córdoba explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro Gómez de Córdoba
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1574–1598
Predecessor:Bernardino de Villalpando
Successor:Juan Ramírez de Arellano (bishop)
Birth Place:Granada, Spain
Death Date:July 1598
Death Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Previous Post:Bishop of Nicaragua (1568–1574)
Nationality:Spanish

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. or Jerónimo Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Pedro Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Gómez Fernández de Córdoba y Santillán (died July 1598) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1574–1598)[1] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1568–1574).[2] [3]

Biography

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba was born in Granada, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.[4] [5] On 2 June 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala. In 1585, he attended the Third Mexican Provincial Council.[6] Córdoba died in July 1598.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 207. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 257. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  3. Book: Blanco Segura, Ricardo. Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. 9789977640792. 1984. EUNED .
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  5. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H. . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.
  6. Poole . Stafford . The Church and the Repartimientos in the Light of the Third Mexican Council, 1585 . The Americas . 1963 . 20 . 1 . 3–36 . 10.2307/979670 . 24 May 2024 . 0003-1615.