Pedro de la Peña

Pedro de la Peña
Most Reverend; Pedro de la Peña
	Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1565–1583
Predecessor	García Díaz Arias
Successor	Antonio Avendaño y Paz
Orders
Consecration	18 October 1565; by Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda
Personal details
Died	7 March 1583; Quito, Ecuador
Previous post	Bishop of Verapaz (1564–1565)

Pedro de la Peña, O.P. (died 7 March 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Quito (1565–1583) and the second Bishop of Verapaz (1564–1565).[1][2]

Biography

Antonio de Hervias was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 1 Mar 1564, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Verapaz.[1][2] On 15 May 1565, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Quito.[1][2] On 18 October 1565, he was consecrated bishop by Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela with Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Bishop of Segovia, and Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano, Bishop of Guadix, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death on 7 March 1583.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Avendaño y Paz, Bishop of Concepción (1567).[2]

References

Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 330 and 280. (in Latin)
"Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Verapaz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Verapaz (Guatemala)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Pedro de Angulo	Bishop of Verapaz 1564–1565	Succeeded by Tomás de Cárdenas
Preceded by García Díaz Arias	Bishop of Quito 1565–1583	Succeeded by Antonio Avendaño y Paz

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[HierarchiaIII-1] Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 330 and 280. (in Latin)

[CathHierPedroPena-2] "Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016