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Juan de Zapata y Sandoval

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Most Reverend
Juan de Zapata y Sandoval
Bishop of Chiapas
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
In office 1621–1630
Predecessor Pedro de Valencia
Successor Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
Previous post Bishop of Chiapas (1613–1621)
Orders
Consecration 23 November 1613
by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Personal details
Born 1545
Mexico
Died 9 January 1630 (aged 84–85)
Guatemala

Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A. (1545 – 9 January 1630) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1621–1630) and Bishop of Chiapas (1613–1621).[1][2]

Biography

Juan de Zapata y Sandoval was born in 1545 in México and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 13 November 1613, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Chiapas.[2] On 23 November 1613, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar, Bishop of Tlaxcala.[2] On 13 September 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala until his death on 9 January 1630.[2]

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