Antonio de Benavides y Bazán (1612–1691) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of West Indies (1679–1691), Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1679–1691), and Apostolic Internuncio to Spain (1689–1690 and 1670).
Antonio de Benavides y Bazán was born in 1612 in Madrid, Spain.
[1][2] In Jul 1670, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Apostolic Internuncio to Spain but resigned soon afterward in October 1670.
[1] On 10 Apr 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Titular Archbishop of Tyrus and on 8 May 1679, named Patriarch of West Indies.
[1] In Sep 1689, he was again appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Apostolic Internuncio to Spain; he resigned in Aug 1690.