Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez | |
Bishop of Panamá | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Predecessor: | Cristóbal Martínez de Salas |
Successor: | Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes |
Consecration: | February 9, 1642 |
Consecrated By: | Diego Castejón Fonseca |
Birth Date: | 1580 |
Death Date: | April 11, 1652 (age 72) |
Death Place: | Panama City |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez (1580 - April 11, 1652) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1641–1652).[1] [2]
Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez was born in Arroyo de la Luz, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.[3] On June 1, 1641, Pope Urban VIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá. On February 9, 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop Emeritus of Lugo with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan as Co-Consecrators. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on April 11, 1652.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alonso de Briceño, Bishop of Nicaragua.