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Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Andrés Pacheco

Nationality
  
Spanish

Ordination
  
29 July 1619

In office
  
1623–1653

Successor
  
Juan Francisco Pacheco

Died
  
1653, Cuenca, Spain

Consecration
  
8 Dec 1619by Fernando Acevedo González

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca

Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1574–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1623–1653) and Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623).

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Biography

Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga was born in Benavides de Orvigo, Spain on 5 Aug 1574 and ordained a priest on 29 Jul 1619 . On 29 Jul 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Valladolid. On 8 Dec 1619, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando Acevedo González, Archbishop of Burgos, with Juan Portocarrero, Bishop of Almería, serving as co-consecrator. On 13 Feb 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Cuenca. He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 11 Jun 1653.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Garcerán Albañell, Archbishop of Granada (1621);
  • Juan de la Torre Ayala, Archbishop of Granada (1622);
  • Juan Pereda Gudiel, Bishop of Oviedo (1627); and
  • Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Osma (1631).

    • References

    Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga Wikipedia
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