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Pedro Agustín

Catholic bishop

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ7159423 ↗
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Bishop Pedro Agustin y Albanell (February 22, 1512 – February 26, 1572) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He served as both Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elne (now Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne) in France and of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca in Spain.

Agustin was appointed Bishop of Elne in 1543. In 1545 he was appointed bishop of Huesca. He died while in office.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1512, 1572, 1543, 1545—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1512-02-22. The account is most persuasive where Pedro, Agustín and Catholic can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as catholic bishop. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7159423. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1512, 1572, 1543 and 1545.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pedro Agustín” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.