Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva

Most Reverend

Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva
Archbishop of Cuenca
Diego de Covarrubias, by El Greco
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cuenca
PredecessorGaspar de Quiroga y Vela
SuccessorRodrigo de Castro Osorio
Previous post(s)Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1556-1560)
Archbishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1560-1564)
Archbishop of Segovia (1564-1577)
Orders
ConsecrationApril 28, 1560
by Fernando de Valdés y Salas
Personal details
BornJuly 25, 1512
DiedSeptember 27, 1577 (age 65)
Madrid
NationalitySpanish

Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva (July 25, 1512 – September 27, 1577) was a Spanish jurist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cuenca (1577-1577), Archbishop of Segovia (1564-1577), Archbishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1560-1564), and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1556-1560).[1][2]

  1. ^ "Archbishop Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 187, 168, 296, and 174. (in Latin)