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Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila

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Church
  
Died
  
In office
  
1631-1632

Nationality
  
Spanish

Predecessor
  
Agustin de Hinojosa y Montalvo

Consecration
  
28 October 1632by Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua

Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila (October, 1578 – 19 November, 1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1631-1632)

Biography

Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila was born in Madrid, Spain in October 1578. On 3 December 1631, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 28 October 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, Bishop of León with Juan Bravo Lagunas, Bishop Emeritus of Ugento, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 19 November 1632. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso de Franco y Luna, Bishop of Durango (1632).

References

Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila Wikipedia


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