Diego Guzmán de Haros

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Haros.

Diego Guzmán de Haros (1566 – 21 January 1631) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1629 to 1631.

Biography

Diego Guzmán de Haros was born in Ocaña in 1566.[1] He was educated at the University of Salamanca, completing doctorates in theology and law.[2]

After he was ordained as a priest, he became chaplain of the Discalced Franciscans in Madrid.[2] In 1608, he became a royal chaplain in the household of Philip III of Spain.[2] He became a member of the Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition in August 1613. He also became a canon in the cathedral chapter of Cathedral of Toledo.[2] The king also named him preceptor for his daughters the infantas Maria Anna of Spain.[2]

He was named Patriarch of the West Indies on 14 March 1616 and Titular Archbishop of Tyre on 18 April 1616.[1] He was subsequently consecrated as a bishop.[2] On 30 June 1620 Pope Paul V named him Commissary Apostolic of the Bull of the Crusade he issued that year.[2] He was appointed Archbishop of Seville on 15 September 1625.[1]

Pope Urban VIII created him a cardinal in pectore in the consistory held on 19 November 1629.[2] His appointment was published in the consistory of 15 July 1630.[2] In early 1631, he traveled to the Kingdom of Hungary to accompany his former pupil Maria Anna of Spain to her wedding with Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] On his way home, he was to travel to Rome to receive the galero from the pope, but he died before that could happen, in Ancona, on 21 January 1631.[2] He was initially buried in the Jesuit church in Ancona, and his remains were later returned to Madrid.[2]

Episcopal succession

References

  1. ^ a b c d Catholic Hierarchy: "Diego Cardinal Guzmán de Haros" retrieved January 21, 2015
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Profile from website about the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Patriarch of West Indies
1616–1625 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Seville
1625–1631 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Cardinal In Pectore
1629–1631 		Succeeded by