Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro Vásquez de Velasco | |
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Term: | 1706–1714 |
Predecessor: | Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín |
Successor: | Jaime de Mimbela |
Consecration: | 1706 |
Consecrated By: | Melchor Liñán y Cisneros |
Birth Date: | 1657 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Death Date: | February 26, 1714 (age 57) |
Death Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Pedro Vásquez de Velasco (1657–1714) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1706–1714).[1]
Pedro Vásquez de Velasco was born in Lima, Peru. On February 22, 1706, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In 1706, he was consecrated bishop by Melchor Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima. He was Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death on February 26, 1714. While Bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Luis Francisco Romero, Bishop of Santiago de Chile.