“To the Royal Council of the Indies so that it may do all that is convenient”. Relational plots and Castilian ties of Archbishop Feliciano de Vega y Padilla, 1598-1640

Feliciano de Vega y Padilla, prebendary from Lima and archbishop of Mexico City, had a considerable ecclesiastical promotion in Indian episcopates between 1630 and 1640. The objective of this article is to analyze, based on the consultations of the Council of the Indies and the network of relations...

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Publicado: Grupo Prohistoria 2023
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Sumario:Feliciano de Vega y Padilla, prebendary from Lima and archbishop of Mexico City, had a considerable ecclesiastical promotion in Indian episcopates between 1630 and 1640. The objective of this article is to analyze, based on the consultations of the Council of the Indies and the network of relations of Vega y Padilla, whether his links with members of the Council, especially with Juan de Solorzano Pereira, determined his election as bishop in the aforementioned period. This would demonstrate the importance of the relational networks in the careers and appointments of ecclesiastics in cathedrals and episcopates of the Indies.