Pedro Fernández Manrique
Pedro Fernández Manrique (c. 1500–1540) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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Pedro Fernández Manrique was born in Aguilar de Campoo ca. 1500, the son of and María Manrique de Lara, daughter of .[1] He was educated at the University of Salamanca in the 1520s.[1]
In 1525, Charles I of Spain named him maestrescula of the cathedral chapter of Salamanca Cathedral, a post that also made him chancellor of the University of Salamanca.[1] The cathedral chapter, however, elected , an auditor of the Roman Rota, for the same position.[1] Espinosa ultimately prevailed in the dispute over this double appointment.[1] In compensation, Charles I of Spain in 1530 made him major chaplain of the Chapel of the New Monarchs in the Cathedral of Toledo.[1]
Six months later, Charles nominated him to be Bishop of Canarias and he was elected as bishop on 22 June 1530.[1] He was transferred to the see of Ciudad Rodrigo on 14 December 1530.[1] On 11 April 1537 he was transferred to the see of Córdoba, entering the diocese on 2 March 1538.[1] He participated in the Cortes held in Toledo beginning on 15 October 1538.[1]
At the request of King Charles I, Pope Paul III created Fernández Manrique a cardinal priest in the consistory of 20 December 1538.[1] He received the red hat on 26 April 1540 and the titular church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 21 May 1540.[1]
He died of the plague in Rome on 7 October 1540.[1] He was temporarily buried in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, and his remains were later transferred to Spain and reburied.[1]
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