Antonio Avendaño y Paz

Antonio Avendaño y Paz
Most Reverend; Antonio Avendaño y Paz
	Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1588–1590
Predecessor	Pedro de la Peña
Successor	Luis López de Solís
Orders
Ordination	1550; by Jerónimo de Loaysa
Consecration	9 February 1567
Personal details
Born	1520; Salamanca, Spain
Died	7 November 1590 (age 70); Quito, Ecuador
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Quito (1588–1590)

Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. or Bishop Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz (1520 – 7 November 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1588–1590) and Bishop of La Imperial (1564–1588).[1]

Biography

Antonio Avendaño y Paz was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1520 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor in 1550.[2][3] On 22 March 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as the first Bishop of La Imperial.[1][2][3] On 9 February 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Jerónimo de Loaysa, Archbishop of Lima, with Pedro de la Peña, Bishop of Quito, as co-consecrator, and Father Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa, assisting.[2] On 17 September 1568, he was installed as Bishop of Concepción.[2][3] On 9 March 1588, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Quito.[1][2][3] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death on 7 November 1590.[1][2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Diego de Medellín, Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1577); and the principal co-consecrator of Alfonso Guerra, Bishop of Paraguay (1582).[2]

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References

Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 174 and 280. (in Latin)
Cheney, David M. "Bishop Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of La Imperial (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by None	Bishop of La Imperial 1564–1588	Succeeded by Agustín de Cisneros Montesa
Preceded by Pedro de la Peña	Bishop of Quito 1588–1564	Succeeded by Luis López de Solís

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[HierarchiaIII-1] Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 174 and 280. (in Latin)

[CathHierAntAvPaz-2] Cheney, David M. "Bishop Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

[GCathAntAvPaz-3] Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}