Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

Events

Date	Event	Title
1 Mar 1564	Appointed	Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala
15 May 1565	Appointed	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
18 Oct 1565	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador
7 Mar 1583	Died	Bishop of Quito, Ecuador

MicroData Summary for Pedro de la Peña
(WikiData: Q23619569)
Bishop Pedro de la Peña O.P. (died 7 Mar 1583) Bishop of Quito

Event Place
Birth Place Covarrubias, Diocese of Burgos, Spain
Ordained Bishop Atocha, Convent, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place Lima, Archdiocese of Lima, Peru

a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda †
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva †
Bishop of Segovia
Bishop Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano †
Bishop of Guadix

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda †
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. † (1567)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Covarrubias, Diocese of Burgos, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Atocha, Convent, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place	Lima, Archdiocese of Lima, Peru

Source(s):

b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 76, Number 451
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 330, and Page 280
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1565, Number 14
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 70, Number 5,522

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a bishop for 17.3 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda † Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † Bishop of Segovia Bishop Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano † Bishop of Guadix
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda † Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. Obs. † (1567)