Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro de Valencia | |
Bishop of La Paz | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of La Paz |
Term: | 1617–1631 |
Predecessor: | Domingo Valderrama y Centeno |
Successor: | Feliciano de la Vega Padilla |
Consecration: | 1616 |
Consecrated By: | Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero |
Death Date: | 1631 |
Death Place: | La Paz, Bolivia |
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Pedro de Valencia (died 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Paz (1617–1631) and Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1615–1617).[1]
De Valencia was born in Lima, Peru.[2] On 28 September 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.In 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, Archbishop of Lima. On 30 July 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of La Paz. He served as Bishop of La Paz until his death in 1631.