Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid,

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(2 August 1657 – 6 January 1714) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Yucatán A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(1700–1714) and

Bishop of Comayagua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country.

(1699–1700). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid was born in Seville, Spain on 2 August 1657 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 11 April 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as

. On 28 June 1699, he was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishop by

Giuseppe Archinto Giuseppe Archinto (or ''Archinti''; 1651–1712) was an Italian diplomat, Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1699 to 1712. Early life Giuseppe Archinto was born in Milan on 9 April 1651 (or on 7 May according to other sources). He studied un ...

, Archbishop of Milan, with Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata,

Bishop of Plasencia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia ( la, Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.

, and

Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, Titular Bishop of ''Dara'', serving as

co-consecrators A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

. On 30 March 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as

and installed on 13 October 1700. He served as Bishop of Yucatán until his death on 6 January 1714.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, Lamadrid was the

principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of: * Dionisio Resino y Ormachea, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1707) and the principal co-consecrator of: * Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval,

Bishop of Segovia A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(1699).

References

External links and additional sources

* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Honduras 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Honduras Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII 1657 births 1714 deaths Benedictine bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Comayagua {{Mexico-RC-bishop-stub