Biography

Andrés Pacheco was born in La Puebla de Montalbán

La Puebla de Montalbán

La Puebla de Montalbán is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.Located in a plain of the River Tajo.-Government:...

 on April 5, 1550. His father was Alonso Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, Lord of La Puebla de Montalbánm, who was a Knight of the Order of Santiago

Order of Santiago

The Order of Santiago was founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago , under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.-History:Santiago de...

 and commander of Medina de las Torres

Medina de las Torres

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. His mother was Juana de Cárdenas, daughter of Alonso de Cárdenas, Conde

Conde

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of Puebla del Maestre

Puebla del Maestre

Puebla del Maestre is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 831 and an area of 79 km²....

.

He studied grammar

Grammar

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, dialectic

Dialectic

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, philosophy

Philosophy

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, and theology

Theology

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 at the University of Alcalá

University of Alcalá

The University of Alcalá is a public university located in Alcalá de Henares, a city 35 km northeast of Madrid in Spain. Founded in 1499, it was moved in 1836 to Madrid. In 1977, the University was reopened in its same historical buildings...

, graduating with a doctorate

Doctorate

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 in theology. Philip II of Spain

Philip II of Spain

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 named Pacheco tutor of his nephew Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

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, who later became a cardinal

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 and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. Pacheco later became Abbot

Abbot

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 of San Vicente de la Sierra (connected to the Cathedral of Toledo

Cathedral of Toledo

The Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Toledo, Spain, seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo....

) and of then of the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares

Alcalá de Henares

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 (1584–87).

On December 2, 1587, the cathedral chapter

Cathedral chapter

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 of the Segovia Cathedral

Segovia Cathedral

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 elected Pacheco bishop of Segovia; during his time as bishop of Segovia, he held a diocesan synod

Synod

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. He was translated

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 on August 13, 1601, becoming Bishop of Cuenca.

Pacheco resigned his bishopric in 1622, the same year he was appointed Grand Inquisitor

Grand Inquisitor

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 of Spain

Habsburg Spain

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. He was also Patriarch of the West Indies

Patriarch of the West Indies

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from 1625

Pacheco died on April 7, 1626.