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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| church = Catholic Church

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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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