Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francisco de Figueroa | |
Bishop of Tropea | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Tropea |
Term: | 1685–1691 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Borgia |
Successor: | Teofilo Testa |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1634 |
Death Date: | 4 October 1691 (age 57) |
Death Place: | Tropea, Italy |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Francisco de Figueroa, O.S.A. (1634–1691) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tropea (1685–1691).[1]
Francisco de Figueroa was born in Medinaceli, Spain on 16 January 1634 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 24 January 1685, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI on 9 April 1685 as Bishop of Tropea.He served as Bishop of Tropea until his death on 4 October 1691.