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Juan de Zapata y Sandoval

Juan de Zapata y Sandoval

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Sandoval.

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]

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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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    Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 148 and 199. (in Latin)
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    Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
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