Pedro Duque de Rivera

{{Short description|Catholic bishop (d. 1954)}}

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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Pedro Duque de Rivera

| title = Bishop of Panamá

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Panamá

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| predecessor = Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa

| successor = Antonio Calderón de León

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| consecration = October 2, 1594

| consecrated_by = Nicolás de Ramos y Santos

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| death_date = December 1594

| death_place = Cartagena

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| nationality = Spanish

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Pedro Duque de Rivera (died December 1594) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of Panamá (1594).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|authorlink=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/268 268]|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} (in Latin)Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | P. 30-32[http://enriquedussel.com/DVD%20Obras%20Enrique%20Dussel/Textos/a18/VI.%2001.pdf Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118171555/http://enriquedussel.com/DVD%20Obras%20Enrique%20Dussel/Textos/a18/VI.%2001.pdf |date=2015-11-18 }} P. 38 | retrieved November 17, 2015

Biography

Pedro Duque de Rivera was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Society of Jesus{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J.|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bduque.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS in Seville. He went to Santo Domingo where he served as dean of the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor.[http://hoy.com.do/escudos-de-nobles-en-casas-coloniales-2/ Hoy Digital: "Escudos de nobles en casas colonials"] 10 Junio 2004 On July 27, 1594, Pope Clement VIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá. On October 2, 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Nicolás de Ramos y Santos, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. He died in December 1594 in Cartagena.

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