Pedro Orozco Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro Orozco
Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Toledo
Term:1643–1678?
Consecration:1644
Birth Date:1590
Birth Place:Alfaro, Spain

Pedro Orozco (born 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1643–1678?).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Pedro Orozco was born in Alfaro, Spain in 1590 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 14 Dec 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Temnus. In 1644, he was consecrated bishop. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Juan Ortiz de Zárate (bishop), Bishop of Salamanca (1645); Jerónimo de Ipenza, Bishop of Jaca (1650); Juan Bravo Lasprilla, Bishop of Lugo (1652); and Juan Herrero Jaraba, Bishop of Badajoz (1678).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boroz.html "Bishop Pedro Orozco, O.F.M.
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtols.html "Archdiocese of Toledo"