Jerónimo de Escobar (1525 – 19 March 1593) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nicaragua (1592–1593).
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Biography
Jerónimo de Escobar was born in
Toledo, Spain
Toledo ( ; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and the ''de jure'' seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla†...
and ordained a priest in the
Order of Saint Augustine
The Order of Saint Augustine (), abbreviated OSA, is a mendicant order, mendicant catholic religious order, religious order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who ...
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On 22 May 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement VIII
Pope Clement VIII (; ; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 January 1592 to his death in March 1605.
Born in Fano, Papal States to a prominen ...
as
Bishop of Nicaragua and consecrated bishop on 26 July 1592
in Spain.
He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death on 19 March 1593
in
Cadiz, Spain.
References
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16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nicaragua
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII
1525 births
1593 deaths
Augustinian bishops
People from Toledo, Spain
Roman Catholic bishops of León in Nicaragua
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