Juan de Mañozca y Zamora (1580 – 12 December 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Archbishop of Mexico The Archdiocese of Mexico () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that is situated in Mexico City, Mexico. It was erected as a diocese on 2 September 1530 and elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 15 ...

(1643–1650).Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Juan de Mañozca y Zamora"
retrieved January 12, 2016Arquidiocesis de Mexico website: "Arzobishops"
retrieved January 3, 2016

Biography

Juan de Mañozca y Zamora was born in Markina,

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. On 14 Jul 1643, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban 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 pope, he expanded the papal terri ...

on 16 Nov 1643 as

. On 24 Feb 1645, he was consecrated bishop by

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archb ...

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with

Fernando Montero Espinosa Fernando Montero Espinosa Archbishop-elect of Manila (1644-1645), secular priest of Burgos, became first chaplain of the Royal Chapel of Philip IV. Consecrated bishop in Mexico in 1643 for Nueva Segovia, then appointed Archbishop of Manila in 164 ...

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serving as co-consecrator. He served as Archbishop of Mexico until his death on 12 Dec 1650. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Miguel de Poblete Casasola,

Archbishop of Manila The Archdiocese of Manila (; ; ) is the archdiocese of the Latin Church, Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Catholic Church in the Philippines, Philippines, encompassing the cities of Manila, ...

(1650).

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1580 births 1650 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico Roman Catholic archbishops of Mexico (city) Spanish Roman Catholic bishops in North America Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII {{Mexico-RC-archbishop-stub