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Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada

Most Reverend

Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
In office1587–1602
PredecessorAlonso Velázquez
SuccessorMaximilian of Austria
Previous post(s)Bishop of Ourense (1578–1587)
Orders
Consecration25 January 1579
by Francisco Blanco Salcedo
Personal details
Born19 August 1534
Died20 April 1602 (age 67)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (19 August 1534 – 20 April 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1587–1602) and Bishop of Ourense (1578–1587).[1]

Biography

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Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada was born in Córdoba, Spain.[1] On 7 July 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Ourense.[1] On 25 January 1579, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Blanco Salcedo, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, with Fernando Vellosillo Barrio, Bishop of Lugo, and Diego Torquemada, Bishop of Tui, serving as co-consecrators.[1] On 27 July 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[1] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 20 April 1602.[1]

Episcopal succession

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While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Miguel Ares Canaval, Bishop of Orense (1595); Francisco de Tolosa, Bishop of Tui (1597); and Francisco Terrones del Caño, Bishop of Tui (1601).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Archbishop Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Orense". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Orense (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]


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