Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. or Bishop Antonio de San Miguel Avendaño y Paz (1520 – 7 November 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1588–1590) and Bishop of La Imperial (1564–1588). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Antonio Avendaño y Paz was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1520 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor in 1550. On 22 March 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius IV Pope Pius IV ( it, Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death in December 1565. Born in Milan, his family considered ...

as the first Bishop of La Imperial. On 9 February 1567, he was consecrated bishop by

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, Archbishop of Lima, with Pedro de la Peña,

, as co-consecrator, and Father Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa, assisting. On 17 September 1568, he was installed as Bishop of Concepción. On 9 March 1588, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death on 7 November 1590. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Diego de Medellín,

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(1577); and the principal co-consecrator of

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, Bishop of Paraguay (1582).

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