Timoteo Pérez Vargas
Most Reverend Timoteo Pérez Vargas | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Baghdad | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Diocese of Baghdad |
| In office | 1633–1639 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Jean Duval |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639). |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | September 19, 1632 by Bernardino Spada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1595 |
| Died | April 5, 1651 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. (1595 – 5 April, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Biography
Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Italy and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on June 8, 1612.[2] September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan.[1][2] On September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad.[1][2] On September 19, 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.[2] On September 5, 1633, he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan.[1][2] On December 23, 1639, he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra.[1][2] He died on April 5, 1651.[2]
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]
- Domingo Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Chiapas (1641); and
- Pedro Rosales Encio, Bishop of Lugo (1641);
and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]
- Facundo de la Torre, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1632);
- Antonio González Acevedo, Bishop of Almería (1634);
- Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634);
- Diego Serrano Sotomayor, Bishop of Solsona (1636);
- Juan Velasco Acevedo, Bishop of Orense (1637);
- Juan Alonso y Ocón, Bishop of Yucatán (1638);
- Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1639);
- Cesare Facchinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1639);
- Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval, Bishop of Zamora (1639);
- Mauro Diego de Tovar y Valle Maldonado, Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela (1639);
- Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, Bishop of Panamá (1642);
- Juan Piñeiro Osorio, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1643);
- Antonio Paiño Sevilla, Bishop of Orense (1643);
- Juan Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, Bishop of Lugo (1643);
- Pedro Urbina Montoya, Bishop of Coria (1644);
- Juan del Pozo Horta, Bishop of Lugo (1646); and
- Francisco Pio Guadalupe Téllez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1649).
He also presided over the priestly ordination of:[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 106, 97, and 226. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bishop Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Baghdad" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Baghdad" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Isfahan" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Ispahan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016