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Gonzalo Herrera Olivares

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Church
  
Catholic Church

In office
  
1568-1579

Consecration
  
25 July 1568 by Scipione Rebiba

Died
  
20 September 1579, Burgos, Spain

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos

Gonzalo Herrera Olivares (died 20 September, 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (1568-1579).

Biography

On 23 July 1568, Gonzalo Herrera Olivares was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos and Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia. On 25 July 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, with Felice Peretti Montalto, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos until his death on 20 September 1579. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Sebastián Lartaún, Bishop of Cuzco (1571).

References

Gonzalo Herrera Olivares Wikipedia