Timoteo Pérez Vargas

Most Reverend Timoteo Pérez Vargas
Bishop of Baghdad
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Baghdad
In office	1633–1639
Predecessor	None
Successor	Jean Duval
Orders
Consecration	September 19, 1632 by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born	1595 Palermo, Italy
Died	April 5, 1651
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop of Ispahan (1632-1639).

Timoteo Pérez Vargas, O.C.D. (1595 – 5 April, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Baghdad (1633–1639) and the second Bishop of Ispahan (1632–1639).

Timoteo Pérez Vargas was born in Palermo, Italy and was ordained a priest in the Order of Discalced Carmelites on June 8, 1612. September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Ispahan. On September 6, 1632, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Baghdad. On September 19, 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. On September 5, 1633, he succeeded to the Bishopric of Ispahan. On December 23, 1639, he resigned as Bishop of Baghdad and as Bishop of Ispahan and was appointed Titular Bishop of Lystra. He died on April 5, 1651.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:

He also presided over the priestly ordination of:

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