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Antonio de Rojas Manrique

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Most Reverend
Antonio de Rojas Manrique
Patriarch of the West Indies
File:Retrato de Antonio de Rojas Manrique (cropped).jpg
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Bishop of Burgos
In office 1524–1527
Predecessor None
Successor Esteban Gabriel Merino
Previous posts Bishop of Mallorca (1496–1507)
Archbishop of Granada (1507–1524)
Bishop of Palencia (1524–1525)
Bishop of Burgos (1525–1527)
Personal details
Died 27 June 1527
Burgos, Spain

Antonio de Rojas Manrique (died 27 June 1527) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of the West Indies (1524–1527),[1] Bishop of Burgos (1525–1527),[2] Bishop of Palencia (1524–1525),[3] Archbishop of Granada (1507–1524),[4] Bishop of Mallorca (1496–1507),[5][6] and President of the Council of Castile (1519–1524).

Biography

In 1496, Antonio de Rojas Manrique was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Mallorca.[7] He was one of the three ambassadors to England that left on 26 August 1501 to accompany princess Catherine of Aragon on her marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales. The others were Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Cabra, and Alonso de Fonseca, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[8] In 1507, he was appointed by Pope Julius II as Archbishop of Granada.[4][9] In 1524, he was appointed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Palencia and the first Patriarch of the West Indies.[10] On 3 July 1525, he was appointed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Burgos.[2][9] He served as Bishop of Burgos and Patriarch of West Indies until his death on 27 June 1527.[11]

References

  1. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 213. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 142–143. (in Latin)
  3. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 267. (in Latin)
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 204–205. (in Latin)
  5. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 184. (in Latin)
  6. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 233. (in Latin)
  7. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 184. (in Latin); Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 233. (in Latin); Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]; Chow, Gabriel. "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  8. Back to citation Molina Recio, Raúl (2018), Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza (in Spanish), Real Academia de la Historia, retrieved 2019-08-11
  9. Back to citation occurrence 9.0 Back to citation occurrence 9.1 Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  10. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 213. (in Latin); Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 267. (in Latin); Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  11. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 213. (in Latin); Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 142–143. (in Latin); Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]