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Diego de los Cobos Molina

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Most Reverend
Diego de los Cobos Molina
Bishop of Jaén
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Jaén
In office 1560–1565
Predecessor Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon
Successor Francisco Delgado López
Previous post Bishop of Ávila (1559–1560)
Personal details
Born Úbeda, Spain
Died 8 September 1565
Toledo, Spain

Diego de los Cobos Molina (died 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaén (1560–1565) and Bishop of Ávila (1559–1560).[1][2]

Biography

Diego de los Cobos Molina was born in Ubeda, Spain,[2] around 1516. He was the brother of Secretary of State Juan Vázquez de Molina and the nephew of Francisco de los Cobos.[3]
On 2 August 1559, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Bishop of Ávila.[1][2] On 4 September 1560, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Jaén.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Jaén until his death in Toledo, Spain on 8 September 1565.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1560).[2]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Back to citation occurrence 1.3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 92 and 203. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 Back to citation occurrence 2.5 "Bishop Diego de los Cobos Molina" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. Back to citation "Diego de los Cobos" (in Spanish). Fundació Casa Ducal de Medianceli. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
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