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Pedro de Villarreal

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Spanish

In office
  
1603-1619

Died
  
1619, León, Nicaragua

Predecessor
  
Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo

Successor
  
Benito Rodriguez Valtodano

Consecration
  
31 January 1604 by Pedro Castro Quiñones

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua

Pedro de Villarreal (died 1619) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1603-1619).

Biography

Pedro de Villarreal was born in Andujar, Spain. On 22 October 1603, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 31 January 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Castro Quiñones, Archbishop of Granada. He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death in 1619.

References

Pedro de Villarreal Wikipedia