Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Most Reverend; Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
	Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1688–1702
Predecessor	Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro
Successor	Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Ordination	1661
Consecration	14 April 1680; by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Personal details
Born	1632; Santiago de Compostela, Kingdom of Galicia, Crown of Castile
Died	1702 (age 70); Quito, Royal Audiencia of Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688)

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688).[1][2]

Biography

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1632 and ordained a priest in 1661.[2] On 12 June 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.[1][2] On 14 April 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá.[2] On 15 November 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).[2]

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References

Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 214 and 326. (in Latin)
"Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Ayacucho". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho". 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]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga 1679–1688	Succeeded by Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
Preceded by Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro	Bishop of Quito 1688–1702	Succeeded by Diego Ladrón de Guevara

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[HierarchiaV-1] Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 214 and 326. (in Latin)

[CathHierAndFig-2] "Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016