Pedro de la Peña

Most Reverend Pedro de la Peña
Bishop of Quito
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Quito
In office	1565-1583
Predecessor	García Díaz Arias
Successor	Antonio Avendaño y Paz
Orders
Consecration	18 October 1565 by Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda
Personal details
Died	7 March 1583 Quito, Ecuador
Previous post	Bishop of Verapaz (1564–1565)

Pedro de la Peña, O.P. (died 7 March 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Quito (1565-1583) and the second Bishop of Verapaz (1564–1565).>

Antonio de Hervias was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 1 Mar 1564, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Verapaz. On 15 May 1565, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Quito. On 18 October 1565, he was consecrated bishop by Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela with Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Bishop of Segovia, and Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano, Bishop of Guadix, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death on 7 March 1583.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Avendaño y Paz, Bishop of Concepción (1567).

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