Esteban Gabriel Merino [SEP] position held
Esteban Gabriel Merino
Esteban Gabriel Merino (died 1535) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography.
Merino was born in Santisteban del Puerto, ca. 1472, the son of Alonso Merino and Mayor de Amorcuende, a family of the lowest condition. His father died when he was very young. He went to Rome with a priest who was a family friend.
He entered the household of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, initially occupying minor positions. He later joined the ecclesiastical estate after obtaining a dispensation
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- Esteban Gabriel Merino (2 Sep 1530 – 28 Jul 1535 Died)
- Fernando Niño de Guevara (patriarch) (8 Oct 1546 – 16 Sep 1552 Died)
- Antonio de Fonseca, O.S.A. (1558 – Did Not Take Effect)
- Pedro Moya de Contreras (15 Jan 1591 – 7 Dec 1591 Died) Archbishop of Mexico City and President of the Council of the Indies, not installed
- Juan Guzmán (patriarch) (15 Nov 1602 – 1605 Died)
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