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Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Died
  
28 June 1586

In office
  
1582–1586

Predecessor
  
Martín de Córdoba Mendoza

Successor
  
Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba

Consecration
  
8 December 1568 by Francisco Pacheco de Villena

Previous post
  
Bishop of Patti (1568–1578)

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba

Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa (died 1586) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1582–1586) and Bishop of Patti (1568–1578).

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Biography

On 17 September 1568, Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Patti. On 8 December 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Pacheco de Villena, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, with Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete, Archbishop of Tarragona, and Diego de Simancas, Bishop of Badajoz, serving as co-consecrators. He resigned as Bishop of Patti on 29 October 1578. On 19 March 1582, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Córdoba. He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death on 28 June 1586.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Pedro Fernández Temiño, Bishop of Ávila (1582);
  • and the principal co-consecrator of:

  • Rodrigo de Vadillo, Bishop of Cefalù (1569);
  • Jerónimo Albornoz, Bishop of Córdoba (1571);
  • Antonio Paliettino (de Monelia), Bishop of Brugnato (1571); and
  • Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla, Bishop of Segovia (1583).
  • References

    Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa Wikipedia