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Diego de la Calzada

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Most Reverend
Diego de la Calzada
Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Toledo
In office 1578–1589?
Orders
Consecration 1578

Diego de la Calzada was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1578–1589?).[1]

Biography

On 17 February 1578, Diego de la Calzada was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Salona.[2] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Trujillo García, Bishop of León (1578); Antonio Manrique, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1587); Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, Bishop of Cádiz (1587); Pedro Portocarrero (bishop, died 1600), Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1589), and Juan de Zuazola, Bishop of Astorga (1589).[2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Bishop Diego de la Calzada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016; "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015; "Archdiocese of Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 12, 2016
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 "Bishop Diego de la Calzada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016