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Pedro de Azuaga

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Diego de Medellín

Nationality
  
Spanish

In office
  
1596–1597

Successor
  
Juan Pérez de Espinosa

Died
  
1597

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. (1539 – November 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop-Elect of Santiago de Chile (1596–1597).

Biography

Pedro de Azuaga was born in Azuaga, Spain in 1539 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 29 January 1596, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Chile. He died before he was consecrated bishop in November 1597.

References

Pedro de Azuaga Wikipedia