Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa (died January 1671) was a

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prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1664–1671). ''(in Latin)''Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) , pp. 69–79

Biography

On 24 March 1664, Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...

, as Bishop of Panamá. On May 17, 1665, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco,

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. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death in January 1671.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1671 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Panama Roman Catholic bishops of Panamá {{RC-bishop-stub