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Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe

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Most Reverend
Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe
Bishop of Durango
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Durango
In office 1659–1671
Predecessor Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin
Successor Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño
Orders
Consecration 19 December 1660
by Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro
Personal details
Born 1599
Tecamachalco, Mexico
Died 21 September 1671 (age 72)
Durango, Mexico

Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe (1599 – 21 September 1671) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Durango (1659–1671).

Biography

Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe was born in Tecamachalco, Mexico in 1599.[1] On 17 November 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Durango.[1] On 19 December 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro, Archbishop of Mexico.[1] He served as Bishop of Durango until his death on 21 September 1671.[1]

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