Fernando de Valdés y Llanos

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Llanos.

Fernando de Valdés y Llanos (1575-1639) was the Archbishop of Granada from 1633 to 1639.

Biography

Fernando de Valdés y Llanos was born in Cangas de Tineo on July 28, 1575.[1] He was a member of the family of the Count of Toreno.[2]

Valdés was appointed Bishop of Teruel on July 9, 1625, and consecrated as a bishop by Diego Guzmán de Haros, Archbishop of Seville, on November 16, 1625.[3] He was Bishop Elect of León in 1632, before being appointed Archbishop of Granada on July 18, 1633.[4] As Archbishop of Granada, he was president of the Council of Castile.[5]

He died in 1639.[6]

References

  1. ^ Profile on catholic-hierarch.org
  2. ^ Profile from National Gallery
  3. ^ Profile on catholic-hierarch.org
  4. ^ Profile on catholic-hierarch.org
  5. ^ Profile from National Gallery
  6. ^ Profile from National Gallery