Diego de Simancas

Most Reverend Diego de Simancas
Bishop of Zamora
Diego Simancas. Anonymous intaglio engraving collected in Teatro eroico, e politico de'governi de'Vicere del Regno de Napoli, by Domenico Antonio Parrino, Naples, 1692-1695.
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Zamora
In office	1578–1583
Predecessor	Rodrigo de Castro Osorio
Successor	Juan Ruiz Agüero
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1564–1568) Bishop of Badajoz (1568–1578)
Orders
Consecration	1 April 1565
Personal details
Born	Spain
Died	16 October 1583 Zamora, Spain

Diego de Simancas or Diego de Simancas Simancas (died 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1578–1583), Bishop of Badajoz (1568–1578), and Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1564–1568).[1][2][3]

Biography

Diego de Simancas was born in Spain,[3] the son of Diego de Simancas Bretón and María de Simancas and the brother of Juan de Simancas Simancas, Bishop of Cartagena.[4] On 15 December 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo.[1][2][3] On 1 April 1565, he was consecrated bishop.[2][3] On 3 December 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Badajoz.[1][2][3] On 13 June 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Zamora.[1][2][3] He served as Bishop of Zamora until his death on 16 October 1583.[2][3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa, Bishop of Patti (1568);
• Francisco Trujillo García, Bishop of León (1578);
• Lorenzo Figueroa Córdoba, Bishop of Sigüenza (1579); and
• Jerónimo Manrique de Lara, Bishop of Salamanca (1579).

See also

• Catholic Church in Spain

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 168, 266, and 339. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Diego de Simancas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016^[self-published source]
3. "Bishop Diego de Simancas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016
4. Banco de la Republica: "III-Obispos de la Catedral de Cartagena" retrieved September 5, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Zamora". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Zamora (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo 1564–1568	Succeeded by Andrés Pérez (bishop)
Preceded by Juan de Ribera	Bishop of Badajoz 1568–1578	Succeeded by Diego Gómez de Lamadrid
Preceded by Rodrigo de Castro Osorio	Bishop of Zamora 1578–1583	Succeeded by Juan Ruiz Agüero