About Diego Vázquez de Mercado
Lived 1533 – 1616 (aged 82–83). Diego Vázquez de Mercado was a Spanish catholic priest.
Diego Vázquez de Mercado (1533 – June 12, 1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (1608–1616) and the Bishop of the Diocese of Yucatán (1604–1608).
Biography Diego Vázquez de Mercado was born in Alcaraz, Spain. On November 5, 1603, Pope Clement VIII appointed him Bishop of Yucatán, Mexico. He was consecrated bishop on June 13, 1604, by García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga, Archbishop of México. May 28, 1608, Pope Paul V appointed him Archbishop of Manila.
While Archbishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro de Arce, Bishop of Cebu (1613), and principal co-consecrator of Alonso de Peralta, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1609).
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Who was Diego Vázquez de Mercado?
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
When was Diego Vázquez de Mercado born?
Diego Vázquez de Mercado was born in 1533 in Alcaraz.
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Diego Vázquez de Mercado died on 12 June 1616 in Manila.
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Diego Vázquez de Mercado was a catholic priest.
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Diego Vázquez de Mercado was Spanish.
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