Pedro de Lafuente explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro de Lafuente
Bishop of Pamplona
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Pamplona
Term:1578–1587
Predecessor:Antonio Manrique Valencia
Successor:Bernardo Sandoval Rojas
Consecration:December 1578
Consecrated By:Francisco Pacheco de Villena
Death Date:13 August 1587
Death Place:Pamplona, Spain
Nationality:Spanish

Pedro de Lafuente (died 13 August 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pamplona (1578–1587).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

On 28 February 1575, Pedro de Lafuente was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Pamplona. In December 1578, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Pacheco de Villena, Archbishop of Burgos. He served as Bishop of Pamplona until his death on 13 August 1587.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blafu.html "Bishop Pedro de Lafuente"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpamp.html "Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pamp0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela"