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Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632 – 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688).
Biography
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1632 and ordained a priest in 1661. On 12 June 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga. On 14 April 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá. On 15 November 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).
References
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