Fernando de Valdés y Llanos by Diego Velázquez
Fernando de Valdés y Llanos (28 July 1575 – 1639) was the Archbishop of Granada from 1633 to 1639.
Biography
Fernando de Valdés y Llanos was born in Cangas de Tineo on July 28, 1575.[1] He was a member of the family of the Count of Toreno.[2]
Valdés was appointed Bishop of Teruel on 9 July 1625, and consecrated as a bishop by Diego Guzmán de Haros, Archbishop of Seville, on November 16, 1625.[1] He was Bishop Elect of León in 1632, before being appointed Archbishop of Granada on 18 July 1633 after the death of Miguel Santos de San Pedro.[1] He also succeeded Santos de San Pedro as president of the Council of Castile.[2]
He died in 1639.[2]
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