Church Catholic Church Predecessor Juan Fonseca | In office 1606-1610 Ordination 12 May 1573 | |
Successor Juan Nicolás Valdés de Carriazo Consecration 8 December 1594
by Leonard Abel Died 23 June 1610 (age 66)
Guadix, Spain Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix | ||
Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva (1544 – 23 June, 1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadix (1606-1610) and Bishop of Agrigento (1594-1606).
Biography
Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva was born in Toledo, Spain in 1544 and ordained a priest on 12 May 1573. On 2 December 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Agrigento. On 8 December 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, with Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster, Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, and Georgius Perpignani, Bishop of Tinos, serving as co-consecrators. On 16 January 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Guadix. He served as Bishop of Guadix until his death on 23 June 1610.
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