In office 1695–1712 Nationality Spanish | ||
Successor José Díez Santos de San Pedro Consecration Federico Cacciaby 19 Jun 1695 Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo | ||
Francisco Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza, O.S.A. (1646–1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1695–1712).
Biography
Francisco Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza was born in San Esteban de la Sierra, Spain on 11 Oct 1646 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 21 Mar 1695, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo. On 19 Jun 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Caccia, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia, with Antonio Pascual, Bishop of Vic, and Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales, Titular Bishop of Dara, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo until his death on 14 Dec 1712.
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