Church Catholic Church Predecessor Alonso Velázquez | In office 1587-1602 Successor Maximiliano de Austria | |
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Consecration 25 January 1579
by Francisco Blanco Salcedo Died 20 April 1602, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Previous post Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense (1578–1587) | ||
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (19 August 1534 – 20 April 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1587-1602) and Bishop of Ourense (1578-1587).
Biography
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada was born in Córdoba, Spain. On 7 July 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Ourense. On 25 January 1579, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Blanco Salcedo, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, with Fernando Vellosillo Barrio, Bishop of Lugo, and Diego Torquemada, Bishop of Tui, serving as co-consecrators. On 27 July 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 20 April 1602. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Miguel Ares Canaval, Bishop of Orense (1595); Francisco de Tolosa, Bishop of Tui (1597); and Francisco Terrones del Caño, Bishop of Tui (1601).