Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop)
# Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (archbishop)

Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (1635–1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1680–1694) and Bishop of La Paz (1694–1713).

## Biography

Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés was born in Santianes de Tuña, Spain in 1635. On 23 Sep 1680, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of La Paz. On 21 Dec 1681, he was consecrated bishop by Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima. On 19 Apr 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas. He served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death in 1713.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Bartolomé González y Poveda, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1686); and Luis Francisco Romero, Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1707).

