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| name = Melchor Soria Vera
| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo
Titular Bishop of Troas
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| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Toledo
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| term = 1602–1643
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| death_date = 1643
| death_place = Toledo, Spain
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}}Melchor Soria Vera (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1602–1643) and Titular Bishop of Troas (1602–1643).[1][2][3]BiographyOn 17 June 1602, Melchor Soria Vera was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Troas.[1] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo until his death in 1643.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop of Lugo (1634).[1] References 1. ^1 2 3 "Bishop Melchor Soria Vera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
2. ^"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015
3. ^"Archdiocese of Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 12, 2016
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