Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Rodrigo González de Marmolejo | |
Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Chile |
Term: | 1561–1564 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | Fernando de Barrionuevo |
Ordination: | 1536 |
Birth Date: | 1487 |
Birth Place: | Carmona, Spain |
Death Date: | 9 Oct 1564 (age 77) |
Death Place: | Santiago de Chile |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Rodrigo González de Marmolejo (1487–1564) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed as the first Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1561–1564).[1] [2] [3]
Rodrigo González de Marmolejo was born in Carmona, Spain in 1487 and ordained a priest in 1536.On 27 Jun 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Santiago de Chile.He died before he was consecrated bishop on 9 Oct 1564.