Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1574–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Cuenca (1623–1653) and
Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623).
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Biography
Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga was born in Benavides de Orvigo,
Spain
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on 5 Aug 1574 and ordained a priest on 29 Jul 1619 .
On 29 Jul 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...
as
Bishop of Valladolid.
On 8 Dec 1619, he was consecrated bishop by
Fernando Acevedo González,
Archbishop of Burgos, with
Juan Portocarrero,
Bishop of Almería, serving as co-consecrator.
On 13 Feb 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XV as
Bishop of Cuenca.
He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 11 Jun 1653.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
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Garcerán Albañell,
Archbishop of Granada
The archdiocese of Granada ( la, archidioecesis Granatensis) is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain. (1621);
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Juan de la Torre Ayala,
Archbishop of Granada
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Juan Pereda Gudiel
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,
Bishop of Oviedo
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Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga,
Bishop of Osma
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(1631).
See also
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Catholic Church in Spain
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References
External links and additional sources
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17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV
1574 births
1653 deaths
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