Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa

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From

Spain Ecuador

was

Priest

Work field

Religion

Gender

Male

Religion(s):

Catholic church

Birth

1632

Place of birth

Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Province, Galicia, Spain

Death

1702 (aged 70 years)

Place of death

Quito, Quito Metro, Pichincha Province, Ecuador

Age

70 years

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Biography

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).

Biography

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

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

External links and additional sources

Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga 1679–1688	Succeeded by Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
Preceded by Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro	Bishop of Quito 1688–1702	Succeeded by Diego Ladrón de Guevara