Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera

Most Reverend Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera
Bishop of Pozzuoli
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Pozzuoli
In office	1664–1674
Predecessor	Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania
Successor	Carlo della Palma
Orders
Consecration	18 Jan 1654 by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta
Personal details
Born	1598 Navas de Jorquera, Spain
Died	14 Jun 1674 Pozzuoli, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Bishop of Monopoli (1654–1664)

Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera or Benito Sánchez de Herrera (1598–1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pozzuoli (1664–1674), and Bishop of Monopoli (1654–1664).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography

Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera was born in Navas de Jorquera, Spain in 1598.^[1][2] On 17 Oct 1653, he was selected by the King as Bishop of Monopoli and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 12 Jan 1654.^[1][2] On 18 Jan 1654, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori, and Giuseppe Ciantes, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 11 Dec 1663, he was selected as Bishop of Pozzuoli and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 24 Mar 1664.^[1][2] He served as Bishop of Pozzuoli until his death on 14 Jun 1674.^[1][2] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba, Archbishop of Toledo (1666).^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016
2. "Bishop Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Monopoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Diocese of Monopoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Diocese of Pozzuoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Diocese of Pozzuoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016