Fernando de Valdés y Llanos (28 July 1575 – 1639) was the

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from 1633 to 1639.

Biography

Fernando de Valdés y Llanos was born in Cangas de Tineo on July 28, 1575.Profile on catholic-hierarch.org
/ref> He was a member of the family of the Count of Toreno.Profile from National Gallery
/ref> Valdés was appointed Bishop of Teruel on 9 July 1625, and

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as a

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, on November 16, 1625. He was Bishop Elect of León in 1632, before being appointed

on 18 July 1633 after the death of

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. He also succeeded Santos de San Pedro as president of the

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. He died in 1639.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes Y Llanos, Fernando De 1575 births 1639 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain University of Salamanca alumni Archbishops of Granada Presidents of the Council of Castile