Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Bishop of Quito
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Quito
Term:1688–1702
Predecessor:Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
Successor:Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Ordination:1661
Consecration:14 April 1680
Consecrated By:Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Birth Date:1632
Birth Place:Santiago de Compostela, Kingdom of Galicia, Crown of Castile
Death Date:1702 (age 70)
Death Place:Quito, Royal Audiencia of Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
Previous Post:Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688)
Nationality:Spanish

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688).[1] [2]

Biography

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1632 and ordained a priest in 1661. On 12 June 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga. On 14 April 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá. On 15 November 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).

References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 214 and 326. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpardodef.html "Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa"

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