Andrés Pacheco (1550–1626) was a

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churchman and theologian.

Biography

Andrés Pacheco was born in

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on April 5, 1550. His father was Alonso Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, Lord of La Puebla de Montalbánm, who was a Knight of the

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and commander of Medina de las Torres. His mother was Juana de Cárdenas, daughter of

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, ''

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'' of Puebla del Maestre. He studied

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, and

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at the

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, graduating with a

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in theology.

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named Pacheco tutor of his nephew

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, who later became a

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and

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. Pacheco later became

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of San Vicente de la Sierra (connected to the Cathedral of Toledo) and of then of the Cathedral of

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(1584–87). On December 2, 1587, the

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of the

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elected Pacheco

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; during his time as bishop of Segovia, he held a diocesan

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. He was

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on August 13, 1601, becoming Bishop of Cuenca. Pacheco resigned his bishopric in 1622, the same year he was appointed

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. He was also Patriarch of the West Indies from 1625 Pacheco died on April 7, 1626.

References

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