Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lima, Peru

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1629		Born
6 Oct 1664	34.7	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
1665²	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
26 Jan 1668	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
8 Feb 1672	42.1	Appointed	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Jun 1677	47.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
18 Feb 1678	48.1	Installed	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
28 Jun 1708	78.5	Died	Archbishop of Lima, Peru

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros
(VIAF: 70121364; WikiData: Q746700)
Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (born 19 Dec 1629, died 28 Jun 1708) Archbishop of Lima

Event Place
Birth Place Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain

a bishop for 43.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antonio Sanz Lozano †
Bishop of Cartagena

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antonio Sanz Lozano † (1661)
Bishop of Cartagena
Bishop Agustín Muñoz de Sandoval †
Bishop of Cuzco

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. † (1679)
Archbishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés † (1681)
Bishop Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto † (1681)
Bishop Antonio de Morales, O.P. † (1683)
Bishop Juan de los Ríos y Berriz † (1688)
Bishop Sebastián de Pastrana, O. de M. † (1697)
Bishop Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza † (1703)
Bishop Pedro Vásquez de Velasco † (1706)
Bishop Juan González de Santiago † (1707)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 244, and Page 317
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 320
b/c2: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 201, Number 1,257
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 233
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1665, Number 24

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