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Timoteo Pérez Vargas

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
None

Nationality
  
Spanish

In office
  
1633–1639

Successor
  
Jean Duval

Died
  
5 April 1651

Consecration
  
September 19, 1632 by Bernardino Spada

Archdiocese
  
Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad

Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. (1595 – 5 April, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).

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Biography

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Italy and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on June 8, 1612. September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan. On September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad. On September 19, 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. On September 5, 1633, he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan. On December 23, 1639, he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra. He died on April 5, 1651.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641); and
  • Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641);
  • and the principal co-consecrator of:

    He also presided over the priestly ordination of:

  • Diego Lozano González (1646).
  • References

    Timoteo Pérez Vargas Wikipedia