Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán
Patriarch of West Indies
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1691–1708
Predecessor:Antonio de Benavides y Bazán
Successor:Carlos Borja Centellas y Ponce de León
Consecration:4 Nov 1691
Consecrated By:Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio
Birth Date:1640
Birth Place:Montijo, Spain
Death Date:1708
Death Place:Avignon, France

Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán (1640–1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of West Indies (1691–1708) and Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1691–1708).

Biography

Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán was born on February 27, 1640[1] in Montijo, Spain.On 27 Aug 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus.On 4 Nov 1691, he was consecrated bishop by Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio, Archbishop of Toledo, with Fernando Guzmán, Bishop of Segovia, and Luis de Lemos y Usategui, Bishop of Concepción, serving as co-consecrators.On 12 Nov 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Patriarch of West Indies.He served as Patriarch of West Indies until his death in 1708.In 1706 he left Madrid to settle in Avignon where he died on January 21, 1708.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedro Portocarrero Guzmán | Real Academia de la Historia .