Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín | |
Bishop of Coro | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1561–1580 |
Predecessor: | Juan de Simancas Simancas |
Successor: | Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo |
Consecration: | 10 June 1565 |
Consecrated By: | Juan de los Barrios |
Birth Place: | Agreda, Spain |
Death Date: | 1580 |
Death Place: | Coro, Venezuela |
Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín, O.P. (also known simply as Pedro Sánchez Martín or Pedro de Ágreda) (died 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Coro (1561–1580).[1] [2]
Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín was born in Agreda, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.On 27 June 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Coro.On 10 June 1565, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de los Barrios, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, with Juan de Simancas Simancas, Bishop of Cartagena, serving as co-consecrator.He served as Bishop of Coro until his death in 1580.