About Diego Gómez de Lamadrid
Lived 1529 – 1601 (aged 71–72). Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was a Spanish latin Catholic priest.
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T. (1529 – August 15, 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Badajoz (1578–1601) and then second Archbishop of Lima (1577–1578).
Biography Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was born in Potes Spain and ordained a priest in then Trinitarian Order. On March 27, 1577, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him then second Archbishop of Lima replacing Jerónimo de Loayza. On June 13, 1577, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him as Archbishop (personal title) of then Diocese of Badajoz where he served until his death on August 15, 1601. His successor in Lima was Saint Turibius de Mogrovejo.
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Who was Diego Gómez de Lamadrid?
Spanish archbishop
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Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was born in 1529 in Potes.
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Diego Gómez de Lamadrid died on 15 August 1601 in Badajoz.
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Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was a latin Catholic priest.
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Diego Gómez de Lamadrid was Spanish.
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