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Francisco Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
José González Blázquez

In office
  
1695–1712

Nationality
  
Spanish

Successor
  
José Díez Santos de San Pedro

Consecration
  
Federico Caccia by 19 Jun 1695

Died
  
14 December 1712, Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

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.

References

Francisco Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza Wikipedia