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Feliciano de la Vega Padilla

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Spanish

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Predecessor
  
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera

Successor
  
Juan de Mañozca y Zamora

Consecration
  
December 21, 1631 by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte

Died
  
December 1640, Mexico City, Mexico

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico

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Feliciano de la Vega Padilla (died December 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mexico (1638-1640), Bishop of La Paz (1633–1638), and Bishop of Popayán (1631–1633).

Biography

On February 10, 1631, Feliciano de la Vega Padilla was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Popayán. December 21, 1631, he was consecrated bishop by Hernando de Arias y Ugarte, Archbishop of Lima. On September 5, 1633, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Paz. On September 13, 1638, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Mexico where he served until his death in December 1640.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero, Bishop of Concepción (1636); and principal co-consecrator of Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco, Bishop of Arequipa (1633).

References

Feliciano de la Vega Padilla Wikipedia