Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa

Most Reverend
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Bishop of Quito
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Quito
In office 1688–1702
Predecessor Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro
Successor Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Ordination 1661
Consecration 14 April 1680
by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Personal details
Born 1632
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died 1702 (age 70)
Quito, Ecuador
Nationality Spanish
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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
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Ayacucho". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora		 Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
1679–1688		 Succeeded by
Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
Preceded by
Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro		 Bishop of Quito
1688–1702		 Succeeded by
Diego Ladrón de Guevara
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