Francisco Manso de Zuñiga y Sola (1587 – December 27, 1655) was the I

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(1627–1634).Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola"
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Biography

Francisco Manso de Zuñiga y Sola was born in

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. He was the son of Don Juan Manso de Zúñiga y Medrano, nicknamed “El Joven or El Mozo”, lord of the towns of Canillas,

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and Santorcaz,

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of the

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of Hervías; and Magdalena de Sola. Francisco is the paternal grandson of Juan Manso de Zúñiga and Beatriz Martínez de Medrano.

Career

On August 9, 1627, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by

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. April 12, 1628, he was consecrated bishop by Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo,

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. He served as Archbishop of Mexico until his resignation on July 20, 1634. On 5 October 1637, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cartagena. On October 8, 1640, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Burgos where he served until his death on December 27, 1655. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637);

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(1652).

I Count of Hervías

The

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of Hervías is a Spanish

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created by King Felipe IV on May 26, 1651, in favor of Francisco Manso de Zúñiga y Solá, with the prior

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of Negueruela,

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Siblings

Francisco's sister María Magdalena Manso de Zúñiga y Sola, I Lady of Tabuerniga, married Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza, knight of the

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, soldier in Naples and Sicily and

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in the towns of Malaga (1609–12) and Cuenca- Huete (1612–14). Francisco is the maternal uncle of Pedro Velaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñíga, II Lord of Tabuérniga. Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza was the son of the noble Juan Vélaz de Medrano, and a lady from the House of Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Íñigo Hurtado de Mendoza. His other siblings were Juan Manso de Zúñiga y Sola, who married Antonia Ambrosia de Salcedo y Vallejo; Pedro Manso de Zúñiga y Sola (1566-1610); Martín Manso de Zúñiga y Sola (1569-1630) and Sebastián Manso de Zúñiga y Sola. Hi brother Pedro Manso de Zúñíga y Sola successively became judge of the Court of

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, of the

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, mayor of Casa & Corte, president of the Royal Court of Valladolid and president of the

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. Philip III granted him the title of patriarch of the West Indies and Pope

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granted him the archbishopric of Caesarea. Francisco's brother Pedro Manso de Zúñiga y Sola was a student at the University of Salamanca, advisor to his uncle the bishop of Calahorra Pedro Manso de Zúñiga y Medrano,

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References

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