Successor Juan Alvarez de Caldas | In office 1599-1611 Nationality Spanish | |
Predecessor Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas Consecration 16 February 1592by Juan Fernández Vadillo Previous post Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (1591–1599) | ||
Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño (1539 – 4 December 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ávila (1599-1611) and Bishop of Lugo (1591-1599).
Biography
Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño was born in Oñate, Spain in 1539. On 4 November 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent IX as Bishop of Lugo. On 16 February 1592, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Fernández Vadillo, Bishop of Cuenca. On 1 February 1599, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Ávila. He served as Bishop of Ávila until his death on 4 December 1611.
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