Most Reverend Diego Cabeza de Vaca | |
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Bishop of Crotone | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Crotone |
In office | 1623–1625 |
Predecessor | Carlo Catalani |
Successor | Niceforo Melisseno Comneno |
Orders | |
Consecration | 4 February 1624 by Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Personal details | |
Died | December 1625 Crotone, Italy |
Diego Cabeza de Vaca (died 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Crotone (1623–1625). [1]
A native of the diocese of Seville (Hispalis) in Spain, he was a doctor of theology and a Canon of the cathedral Chapter of Tuy (Tudensis) in Spain. He served as Visitor General of the bishop of Segovia. Cabeza de Vaca was a follower of Cardinal Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, who was Viceroy of Naples from 1620 to 1622. [2]
On 20 November 1623, Diego Cabeza de Vaca was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Crotone. [1] On 4 February 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Alessandro di Sangro, Archbishop of Benevento, and Agostino Morosini, Titular Archbishop of Damascus, serving as co-consecrators. [1] He served as Bishop of Crotone until his death in December 1625. [1]
Most Reverend Diego Cabeza de Vaca | |
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Bishop of Crotone | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Crotone |
In office | 1623–1625 |
Predecessor | Carlo Catalani |
Successor | Niceforo Melisseno Comneno |
Orders | |
Consecration | 4 February 1624 by Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Personal details | |
Died | December 1625 Crotone, Italy |
Diego Cabeza de Vaca (died 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Crotone (1623–1625). [1]
A native of the diocese of Seville (Hispalis) in Spain, he was a doctor of theology and a Canon of the cathedral Chapter of Tuy (Tudensis) in Spain. He served as Visitor General of the bishop of Segovia. Cabeza de Vaca was a follower of Cardinal Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, who was Viceroy of Naples from 1620 to 1622. [2]
On 20 November 1623, Diego Cabeza de Vaca was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Crotone. [1] On 4 February 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Alessandro di Sangro, Archbishop of Benevento, and Agostino Morosini, Titular Archbishop of Damascus, serving as co-consecrators. [1] He served as Bishop of Crotone until his death in December 1625. [1]