Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1574–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1623–1653) and Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623).^[1][2][3]

Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga was born in Benavides de Orvigo, Spain on 5 Aug 1574 (or 3 Aug 1576), as illegitimate son of Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera, 5th Duke of Benavente and María Gallega ^[4]. He was ordained a priest on 29 Jul 1619 .^[1]
On 29 Jul 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Valladolid.^[1] On 8 Dec 1619, he was consecrated bishop by Fernando Acevedo González, Archbishop of Burgos, with Juan Portocarrero, Bishop of Almería, serving as co-consecrator.^[1] On 13 Feb 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Cuenca.^[1] He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 11 Jun 1653.^[1]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[1]

• Garcerán Albañell, Archbishop of Granada (1621);
• Juan de la Torre Ayala, Archbishop of Granada (1622);
• Juan Pereda Gudiel, Bishop of Oviedo (1627); and
• Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Osma (1631).

• Catholic Church in Spain

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Cuenca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Cuenca (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

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