Francesco Giuseppe Crespos de Escobar
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Francisco José Crespos de Escobar
| title = Bishop of Agrigento
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| diocese = Diocese of Agrigento
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| term = 1672–1674
| predecessor = Ignazio d'Amico
| successor = Francesco Maria Rini
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| birth_date = 1620
| birth_place = Medina del Campo, Spain
| death_date = 17 May 1674 (age 54)
| death_place = Agrigento, Italy
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Francisco José Crespos de Escobar (1620–1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento (1672–1674).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft#page/72/mode/2up|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V|pages=73|date=1952|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|ISBN=}} (in Latin)
Biography
Francisco José Crespos de Escobar was born in Medina del Campo, Spain.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francisco José Crespos de Escobar |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcresposd.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 2 May 1672, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Agrigento.
He served as Bishop of Agrigento until his death on 17 May 1674.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Agrigento |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dagri.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/agri0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1672–1674
| before = Ignazio d'Amico
| after = Francesco Maria Rini}}
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Category:17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Sicily
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X
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