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Biography

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in

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and was ordained a priest in the

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on 8 June 1612. 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by

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as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan. On 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad. On 19 September 1632 he was consecrated bishop by

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, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. On 5 September 1633 he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan. On 23 December 1639 he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of ''

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''. He died on 5 April 1651.

Episcopal succession

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez Vargas, Timoteo 1595 births 1651 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Safavid Iran Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII Discalced Carmelite bishops Clergy from Palermo