Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán
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Most Reverend Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of West Indies Titular Archbishop of Tyrus | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 1691–1708 |
| Predecessor | Antonio de Benavides y Bazán |
| Successor | Carlos Borja Centellas y Ponce de León |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 Nov 1691 by Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1640 |
| Died | 1708 (aged 67–68) |
Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán (1640–1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of West Indies (1691–1708)[1] and Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1691–1708).[2]
Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán was born on February 27, 1640[3] in Montijo, Spain.[4] On 27 Aug 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus.[2][4][5] On 4 Nov 1691, he was consecrated bishop by Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio, Archbishop of Toledo, with Fernando Guzmán, Bishop of Segovia, and Luis de Lemos y Usategui, Bishop of Concepción, serving as co-consecrators.[4] On 12 Nov 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Patriarch of West Indies.[1][4][5] He served as Patriarch of West Indies until his death in 1708.[4][5] In 1706 he left Madrid to settle in Avignon where he died on January 21, 1708.[3]
