Most Reverend

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Bishop of Quito
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Quito
In office1688–1702
PredecessorAlfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
SuccessorDiego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Ordination1661
Consecration14 April 1680
by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Personal details
Born1632
Santiago de Compostela, Kingdom of Galicia, Crown of Castile
Died1702 (age 70)
Quito, Royal Audiencia of Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
NationalitySpanish
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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.[2] On 12 June 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.[1][2] On 14 April 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá.[2] On 15 November 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 214 and 326. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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