Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz

{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic prelate}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz

| title = Bishop of Zamora

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Zamora

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| term = 1546–1560

| predecessor = Pedro Manuel

| successor = Alvaro Moscoso

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| birth_date = 1480

| birth_place = Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

| death_date = 1560 (age 80)

| death_place = Zamora, Spain

| previous_post = Bishop of Guadix (1537–1546)

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Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz (1480 – 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1546–1560){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/338/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=339|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin) and Bishop of Guadix (1537–1546).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/206/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=206|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)

Biography

Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz was born in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain in 1480.{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bagvp.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}}Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zamo0.htm#21153 |access-date=June 16, 2018}}Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources

On 11 April 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Guadix.

On 9 April 1546, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Zamora.

He served as Bishop of Zamora until his death in 1560.

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