Most Reverend

Lorenzo Pérez de Grado
Bishop of Cuzco
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1619–1627
PredecessorFernando Mendoza González
SuccessorFernando de Vera y Zuñiga
Orders
Consecration1616
by Agustín de Carvajal
Personal details
Died4 September 1627
Cuzco, Peru
Previous post(s)Bishop of Paraguay (1615–1619)

Lorenzo Pérez de Grado (died 1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuzco (1619–1627) and Bishop of Paraguay (1615–1619).[1]

Biography

On 16 September 1615, Lorenzo Pérez de Grado was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Paraguay.[1][2][3] In 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Agustín de Carvajal, Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.[2][3] On 18 March 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Cuzco.[1][2][3] He served as Bishop of Cuzco until his death on 4 September 1627.[1][2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Julián de Cortázar, Bishop of Córdoba (1618).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 98 and 170. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Lorenzo Pérez de Grado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  3. 1 2 3 4 Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Lorenzo Pérez de Grado". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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