Pedro Castro Nero
{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Pedro Castro Nero
| title = Archbishop of Valencia
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Valencia
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| see =
| term = 1611
| predecessor = Juan de Ribera
| successor = Isidoro Aliaga
| ordination =
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 18 July 1599
| consecrated_by = Juan Fonseca
| rank =
| birth_date = 1541
| birth_place = Ampudia, Spain
| death_date = 28 September 1611 (age 70)
| death_place = Valencia, Spain
| previous_post = Bishop of Lugo (1599–1603)
Bishop of Segovia (1603–1611)
| nationality = Spanish
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Pedro Castro Nero (1541 – 28 September 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Valencia (1611), Bishop of Segovia (1603–1611), and Bishop of Lugo (1599–1603).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcasne.html "Archbishop Pedro Castro Nero"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 14, 2016{{Self-published source|date=January 2017}}[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/vale0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Biography
Pedro Castro Nero was born in Ampudia, Spain. On 17 February 1599 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Lugo. On 18 July 1599 he was consecrated bishop by Juan Fonseca, Bishop of Guadix with Sebastián Quintero Ortiz, Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, and Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop Emeritus of Lipari, serving as co-consecrators. On 13 August 1603 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Segovia. On 12 September 1611 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Valencia where he served until his death 16 days later on 28 September 1611.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Francisco Terrones del Caño, Bishop of Tui (1601).
See also
References
External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Lugo |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlugo.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Lugo (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lugo0.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Segovia |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsego.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Segovia (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sego2.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Lugo
| years = 1599–1603
| before = Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño
| after = Juan García Valdemor}}
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| title = Bishop of Segovia
| years = 1603–1611
| before = Maximilian of Austria
| after = Antonio Idiáquez Manrique}}
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| title = Archbishop of Valencia
| years = 1611
| before = Juan de Ribera
| after = Isidoro Aliaga}}
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Category:17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain