Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano

Pedro Benito Antonio Quevedo y Quintano ( born January 12, 1736, in Villanueva del Fresno at Badajoz in Spain, † March 27, 1818 in Ourense ) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was 1776-1818 Bishop of Orense.

He suggested the offer twice, archbishop of Seville to be made ​​. During the French Revolution he took French priest in his diocese who escaped such persecution. In 1812 he refused to accept the new Spanish Constitution and went into exile in Portugal, where he lived in Torey, which still belonged to his diocese. He was able to return in 1814, as well as King Ferdinand VII came back to Spain.

Pope Pius VII appointed him in pectore in March 1816 Cardinal, which was published in September 1816.

  • Spaniard
  • Cardinal (19th Century )
  • Roman Catholic Bishop (19th Century )
  • Person ( Ourense)
  • Born in 1736
  • Died in 1818
  • Man
Cardinal (Catholicism) Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville Ferdinand VII of Spain
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