Diego de la Calzada

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Diego de la Calzada was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1578–1589?).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcalzd.html "Bishop Diego de la Calzada"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtols.html "Archdiocese of Toledo"] Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 12, 2016

Biography

On 17 February 1578, Diego de la Calzada was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Salona. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Trujillo García, Bishop of León (1578); Antonio Manrique, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1587); Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, Bishop of Cádiz (1587); Pedro Portocarrero (bishop, died 1600), Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1589), and Juan de Zuazola, Bishop of Astorga (1589).

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{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Salona (Titular See) |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2s15.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Titular Episcopal See of Salona (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org |date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1501.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS

Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain

Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII