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Antonio Sanz Lozano

The Most Reverend
Antonio Sanz Lozano
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Santafé en Nueva Granada
Province Santafé en Nueva Granada
Appointed 19 August 1680
Installed 22 January 1681
Term ended 28 May 1688
Orders
Consecration 24 March 1661
by Agustín Muñoz Sandoval
Personal details
Born 2 June 1622
Cabanillas del Campo, Spain
Died 28 May 1688 (aged 65)
Bogotá, Viceroyalty of Peru
Previous post Bishop of Cartagena (1661–1680)

Antonio Sanz Lozano (2 June 1622 – 1688) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in the Viceroyalty of Peru in what is now Colombia. From 1661 to 1680, he served as bishop of Cartagena, and from 1680 until his death in 1688, as archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (now the Archdiocese of Bogotá).

Sanz was born on 2 June 1622 in Cabanillas del Campo, Spain.

On 19 June 1659, Sanz was appointed bishop of Cartagena by Pope Alexander VII , at the age of 37. Located in the Viceroyalty of Peru in South America, the Diocese of Cartagena is located in what is now Colombia. He was confirmed as bishop on 10 November 1659. His episcopal consecration took place on 24 March 1661, with Bishop of Cusco Agustín Muñoz Sandoval as principal consecrator. As bishop, he consecrated several other bishops: Bishop Francisco de la Trinidad Arrieta, OP, in 1662, Archbishop Melchor Liñán y Cisneros in 1665, Archbishop Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T, in 1669, Bishop Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita in 1669, and Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra in 1673.


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