Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva

Most Reverend Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva
Bishop of Guadix
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Guadix
In office	1606-1610
Predecessor	Juan Fonseca
Successor	Juan Nicolás Valdés de Carriazo
Orders
Ordination	12 May 1573
Consecration	8 Dec 1594 by Leonard Abel
Personal details
Born	1544 Toledo, Spain
Died	23 Jun 1610 (age 66) Guadix, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Agrigento (1594-1606)

Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva (1544 – 23 June, 1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadix (1606-1610) and Bishop of Agrigento (1594-1606).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Biography

Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva was born in Toledo, Spain in 1544 and ordained a priest on 12 May 1573.^[1] On 2 Dec 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Agrigento.^[1] On 8 Dec 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, with Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster, Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, and Georgius Perpignani, Bishop of Tinos, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 16 Jan 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Guadix.^[1] He served as Bishop of Guadix until his death on 23 Jun 1610.^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
2. "Diocese of Guadix" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Guadix" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved January 14, 2016
4. Archdiocese of Agrigento Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 4, 2016
5. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved April 4, 2016