Pedro Manrique de Lara (archbishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro Manrique de Lara
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Diocese of Zaragoza
Term:1611–1615
Predecessor:Tomás de Borja y Castro
Successor:Pedro González de Mendoza
Birth Date:1553
Birth Place:Crotone, Italy[1]
Death Date:7 June 1615 (age 62)
Death Place:Zaragoza, Spain
Previous Post:Bishop of Tortosa (1601–1611)
Nationality:Italian

Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. (1553–1615) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zaragoza (1611–1615)[2] and Bishop of Tortosa (1601–1611).[3] [4] [5]

Biography

Pedro Manrique de Lara was born in Crotone, Italy in 1553 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.On 12 February 1601, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Tortosa.
At the end of 1610 King Philip III named Pedro Manrique Viceroy of Catalonia. The bishop moved to Barcelona, and was mainly concerned with the problems arising from the departure of the Catalan Moors. On 8 April 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Zaragoza. In August 1611, Manrique left Barcelona for Zaragoza and took possession of his new position on 28 August. He served as Archbishop of Zaragoza until his death on 7 June 1615.

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedro Manrique de Lara. 8 April 2019.
  2. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 126. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmanrp.html "Archbishop Pedro Manrique de Lara, O.S.A."
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtort.html "Diocese of Tortosa"
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tort1.htm "Diocese of Tortosa"