Sebastián de Pastrana

Most Reverend Sebastián de Pastrana
Bishop of Paraguay
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Paraguay
In office	1693–1700
Predecessor	Faustino Casas Hernández
Successor	Pedro Díaz de Durana
Orders
Consecration	1697 by Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros
Personal details
Born	1633 Lima, Peru
Died	4 November 1700 (age 67) Asunción, Paraguay

Sebastián de Pastrana, O. de M. (1633–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Paraguay (1693–1700).[1]

Biography

Sebastián de Pastrana was born in Lima, Peru, in 1633 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.[2] On 24 August 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Paraguay.[1][2] In 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima.[2] He was Bishop of Paraguay until his death on 4 November 1700.[1][2]

References

1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 102. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Sebastián de Pastrana, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^[self-published]

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Asunción". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción (Paraguay)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Faustino Casas Hernández	Bishop of Paraguay 1693–1700	Succeeded by Pedro Díaz de Durana