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Pedro Gómez de Córdoba

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Church
  
Nationality
  
Spanish

In office
  
1574-1598

Successor
  
Juan Ramírez de Arellano

Previous post
  
Bishop of Nicaragua (1568-1574)

Died
  
July 1598, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. or Jerónimo Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Pedro Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Gómez Fernández de Córdoba y Santillán (died July 1598) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1574-1598) and Bishop of Nicaragua (1568-1574).

Biography

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome. On 2 Jun 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 18 Jun 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala where he served until his death in Jul 1598.

References

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba Wikipedia


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