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Pedro Gómez de Córdoba

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Most Reverend

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
In office1574–1598
PredecessorBernardino de Villalpando
SuccessorJuan Ramírez de Arellano (bishop)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Nicaragua (1568–1574)
Personal details
Born
DiedJuly 1598
Guatemala City, Guatemala
NationalitySpanish

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. or Jerónimo Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Pedro Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Gómez Fernández de Córdoba y Santillán (died July 1598) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1574–1598)[1] and Bishop of Nicaragua (1568–1574).[2][3]

Biography

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Pedro Gómez de Córdoba was born in Granada, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.[4][5] On 2 June 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Nicaragua.[2][4] On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.[1][4] In 1585, he attended the Third Mexican Provincial Council.[6] Córdoba died in July 1598.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 257. (in Latin)
  3. ^ Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN 9789977640792.
  4. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  5. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Pedro Gómez (Fernández) de Córdoba, O.S.H." GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  6. ^ Poole, Stafford (1963). "The Church and the Repartimientos in the Light of the Third Mexican Council, 1585". The Americas. 20 (1): 3–36. doi:10.2307/979670. ISSN 0003-1615. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Nicaragua
1568–1574
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
1574–1598
Succeeded by