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Most Reverend

Francisco de Vitoria

O.P.
Bishop of Córdoba
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Córdoba
In office1578–1592
Predecessor Jerónimo de Villa Carrillo
Successor Fernando Trexo y Senabria
Orders
Consecration18 November 1578
Personal details
Born1540
Died1592
Córdoba, Argentina
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Alma mater Complutense University of Madrid

Don Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. (1540 - 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1578–1592). [1] [2] [3]

Biography

Francisco de Vitoria attended Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcaláwas (Modern name Complutense University of Madrid). [4] He was ordained as a priest in the Order of Preachers. [5] On 13 January 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Córdoba. [1] [5] On 18 November 1578, he was consecrated bishop. [5] He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death in 1592. [5]

Family

De Vitoria's family was of Jewish heritage and his father, Duarte Nunez, was a New Christian. [6] He was the brother of Abraham Curiel and the paternal uncle of Jacob Curiel. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 320. (in Latin)
  2. ^ "Diocese of Santiago del Estero" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
  3. ^ "Archdiocese of Córdoba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 19, 2016
  4. ^ SAMUEL, EDGAR (1996). "Don Fray Francisco de Victoria OP (1540—92) Bishop of Tucumán". Jewish Historical Studies. 35: 15–25. ISSN  0962-9696. JSTOR  29779977.
  5. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco de Vitoria, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. self-published
  6. ^ "Francisco De Vitoria | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  7. ^ Roth, Cecil (1975). A History of the Marranos. Arno Press. ISBN  978-0-405-06742-6.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Córdoba
1578–1592
Succeeded by