Julián de Cortázar
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The Most Reverend Julián de Cortázar |
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| Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Santafé en Nueva Granada |
| Appointed | 7 April 1625 |
| Installed | 4 July 1627 |
| Term ended | 16 October 1630 |
| Predecessor | Hernando de Arias y Ugarte |
| Successor | Bernardino de Almansa Carrión |
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| Consecration | 25 December 1618 by Lorenzo Pérez de Grado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1576 Durango, Biscay, Spain |
| Died | 31 October 1630 (aged 54) Bogotá, Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Previous post | Bishop of Córdoba (1618–1627) |
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Julián de Cortázar y Carrillo (15 January 1576 – 31 October 1630) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in the part of New Spain that is now Colombia. From 1618 to 1627 he served as Bishop of Córdoba in Argentina, and from 1627 to 1630 as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada in New Spain.
Julián de Cortázar y Carrillo was born on 15 January 1576 in Durango, Biscay, Spain. His father was Juan Martínez de Cortázar.
Cortázar graduated from the University of Oñati, and then taught theology there. He later worked as a professor at the Colegio de Santa Cruz in Valladolid, Castile, and later was the canon of Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
In 1617, King Philip III of Spain proposed Cortázar to be Bishop of Córdoba, and Pope Paul V appointed him on 10 April 1617. He immediately sailed to the Argentina, landing in Buenos Aires in March 1618. He then traveled to Asunción, Paraguay, where he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Lorenzo Pérez de Grado, Bishop of Paraguay. He then returned to Argentina, beginning his term as bishop with a pastoral visit to many of the cities in his diocese.
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