Antonio Zapata y Cisneros
| Antonio Zapata y Cisneros | |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1587 |
| Created Cardinal | 6 June 1604 by Clement VIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 October 1550 Madrid |
| Died | 27 April 1635 (aged 84) Madrid |
Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, also listed as Zapata y Mendoza, (Madrid, 8 October 1550 – Madrid, c. 27 April 1635) was a Spanish bishop. He served as bishop of Cádiz and Pamplona, archbishop of Burgos, cardinal, councillor of state for Philip III, Viceroy of Naples, and Inquisitor General of the realm.
He was the first child of Francisco Zapata de Cisneros, 1st Count of Barajas, and María Clara de Mendoza; and a grand-nephew of Cardinal Cisneros.
He studied at Salamanca, graduating with a degree in Canon Law. He was named a canon and inquisitor of Toledo and later of Cuenca, where his uncle Gómez Zapata was the bishop. In July 1587 he renounced the noble title he had inherited by right of primogeniture in favor of his brother Diego, and in November that year he was made bishop of Cádiz at the urging of Philip II, and consecrated by Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga. During his episcopate he ordered the raising of part of the city walls at his own expense.
In May 1596 he was sent to the diocese of Pamplona. In 1599 he was named a councillor of state, and in September the following year Philip III made him archbishop of Burgos, in which post he contributed to the ornamentation of the city's cathedral.
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