Bishop Juan Simancas Simancas †

Deceased

Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

Events

Date	Event	Title
12 Jun 1556	Appointed	Bishop of Coro, Venezuela
5 Dec 1561	Appointed	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
Apr 1564³	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia
1570²	Died	Bishop of Cartagena, Colombia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Juan Simancas Simancas
Bishop Juan Simancas Simancas (died 1570) Bishop of Cartagena

Event Place
Birth Place Córdoba, Diocese of Córdoba, Spain
Ordained Bishop Bogota, Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Death Place Córdoba, Diocese of Córdoba, Spain

a bishop for 5.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. †
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. † (1547)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop Juan Martínez Silíceo †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Sánchez Martín, O.P. † (1565)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Córdoba, Diocese of Córdoba, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Bogota, Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Death Place	Córdoba, Diocese of Córdoba, Spain

Source(s):

bp/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 74, Number 437
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 154, and Page 330
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1564, Number 2
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 67, Number 388
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1557, Number 2*
b: CB, 28 Oct 2017

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a bishop for 5.7 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. † Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. Obs. † (1547) Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada Archbishop Juan Martínez Silíceo † Archbishop of Toledo	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Pedro Sánchez Martín, O.P. † (1565)