Pedro Gómez de Córdoba


Pedro Gómez de Córdoba, O.S.H. or Jerónimo Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Pedro Gómez Fernández de Córdoba or Gómez Fernández de Córdoba y Santillán was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
and Bishop of Nicaragua.

Biography

Pedro Gómez de Córdoba was born in Granada, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome. On 2 June 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 18 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala where he served until his death in July 1598.