Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa

Most Reverend Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1688–1702
Predecessor	Alfonso de la Peña Montenegro
Successor	Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Ordination	1661
Consecration	14 Apr 1680 by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Personal details
Born	1632 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Died	1702 (age 70) Quito, Ecuador
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688)

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632 – 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Biography

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1632 and ordained a priest in 1661.^[1] On 12 Jun 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.^[1] On 14 Apr 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Bishop of Panamá.^[1] On 15 Nov 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Quito.^[1] He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1702.^[1]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, Bishop of Concepción (1694).^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Archdiocese of Quito" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016