Timoteo Pérez Vargas

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Timoteo Pérez Vargas, OCD (1595 – 5 April 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on 8 June 1612.[2] 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan.[1][2] On 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad.[1][2] On 19 September 1632 he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.[2] On 5 September 1633 he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan.[1][2] On 23 December 1639 he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra.[1][2] He died on 5 April 1651.[2]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Timoteo Pérez Vargas
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2] Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641); and; Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641); and the principal co-consecrator of:[2] Facundo de la Torre, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1632);; Antonio González Acevedo, Bishop of Almería (1634);; Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634);; Diego Serrano Sotomayor, Bishop of Solsona (1636);; Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637);; Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán (1638);; Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1639);; Cesare Facchinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1639);; Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval, Bishop of Zamora (1639);; Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);; Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá (1642);; Juan Piñeiro Osorio, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1643);; Antonio Paiño Sevilla, Bishop of Orense (1643);; Juan Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, Bishop of Lugo (1643);; Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria (1644);; Juan del Pozo Horta, Bishop of Lugo (1646); and; Francisco Pio Guadalupe Téllez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1649). He also presided over the priestly ordination of:[2] Diego Lozano González, Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (1646).

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3][1.4][1.5]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 106, 97, and 226. (in Latin)
  2. 2.[2.2][2.3][2.4][2.5][2.6][2.7][2.8][2.9][2.10][2.11]"Bishop Timoteo Pérez Vargas, OCD Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. 3."Archdiocese of Baghdad" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 4."Archdiocese of Baghdad" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. 5."Archdiocese of Isfahan" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  6. 6."Archdiocese of Ispahan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016