Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera or Benito Sánchez de Herrera (1598 – 14 June 1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pozzuoli (1664–1674), and Bishop of Monopoli (1654–1664).[1][2][3]
Biography
Benedicto Sánchez de Herrera was born in Navas de Jorquera, Spain in 1598.[2][3]
On 17 October 1653, he was selected by the King as Bishop of Monopoli and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 12 January 1654.[1][2][3]
On 18 January 1654, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori, and Giuseppe Ciantes, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo, serving as co-consecrators.[2]
On 11 December 1663, he was selected as Bishop of Pozzuoli and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 24 March 1664.[1][2][3]
He served as Bishop of Pozzuoli until his death on 14 June 1674.[2][3]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pascual de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba, Archbishop of Toledo (1666).[2]
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