Pedro Portocarrero (bishop)

Most Reverend

Pedro Portocarrero
Most Reverend; Pedro Portocarrero
Bishop of Cuenca
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca
In office	1597–1600
Predecessor	Juan Fernández Vadillo
Successor	Andrés Pacheco
Orders
Consecration	4 June 1589; by Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela
Personal details
Born	Spain
Died	20 September 1600; Cuenca, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1589–1594); Bishop of Córdoba (1594–1597)

Pedro Portocarrero (died 1600) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1597–1600), Bishop of Córdoba (1594–1597), and Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1589–1594).[1][2]

Biography

Pedro Portocarrero was born in Spain.[3][4] On 20 March 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada.[1][3][4] On 4 June 1589, he was consecrated bishop by Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela, Archbishop of Toledo, with Sebastián Pérez (bishop), Bishop of Osma, and Diego de la Calzada, Titular Bishop of Salona, serving as co-consecrators.[3][4] On 12 January 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Córdoba.[2][3][4] On 28 May 1597, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Cuenca.[3][4] He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 20 September 1600.[2][3][4]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro Manso Zuñiga, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1594); and Francisco Reinoso Baeza, Bishop of Córdoba (1597).[3]

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