Predecessor Pedro de Valencia | In office 1621-1630 | |
Successor Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia Consecration 23 Nov 1613by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar Previous post Bishop of Chiapas (1613-1621) Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala | ||
Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1545 – 9 January, 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1621-1630) and Bishop of Chiapas (1613-1621).
Biography
Juan de Zapata y Sandoval was born in 1545 in México and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 13 Nov 1613, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Chiapas. On 23 Nov 1613, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar, Bishop of Tlaxcala. On 13 Sep 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 9 Jan 1630.
References
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