Timoteo Pérez Vargas

Timoteo Pérez Vargas, OCD (1595 – 5 April 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Most Reverend

Timoteo Pérez Vargas
Bishop of Baghdad
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseDiocese of Baghdad
In office1633–1639
PredecessorNone
SuccessorJean Duval
Orders
Consecration19 September 1632
by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born1595
Palermo, Italy
Died5 April 1651
NationalitySpanish
Previous post(s)Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).

Biography

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Italy and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on 8 June 1612.[2] 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan.[1][2] On 6 September 1632 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad.[1][2] On 19 September 1632 he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.[2] On 5 September 1633 he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan.[1][2] On 23 December 1639 he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra.[1][2] He died on 5 April 1651.[2]

Episcopal succession

References
  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 106, 97, and 226. (in Latin)
  2. "Bishop Timoteo Pérez Vargas, OCD Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Archdiocese of Baghdad" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. "Archdiocese of Baghdad" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. "Archdiocese of Isfahan" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  6. "Archdiocese of Ispahan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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