Most Reverend

Luis Cabeza de Vaca
Bishop of Palencia
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Palencia
In office1537–1550
PredecessorFrancisco Mendoza
SuccessorPedro de la Gasca
Personal details
Bornc. 1465[1]
DiedNovember 22, 1550
NationalitySpanish
Previous post(s)Bishop of Salamanca (1530–1537)
Bishop of Islas Canarias (1523–1530)

Luis Cabeza de Vaca (c.1465 November 22, 1550) served as Bishop of Palencia, (1537–1550), Bishop of Salamanca (1530–1537), and Bishop of Islas Canarias (1523–1530).[2][3][4][5]

Biography

On March 11, 1523 Pope Adrian VI appointed him Bishop of Islas Canarias.[2][3] On June 22, 1530, Pope Clement VII appointed him Bishop of Salamanca.[2][3] On April 14, 1537, Pope Paul III appointed him Bishop of Palencia.[2][3] He died on November 22, 1550.[2][3]

While Bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jerónimo de Loaysa, Bishop of Cartagena (1538), and principal co-consecrator of Jorge de Austria, Bishop of Brixen (1539).[3]

References

  1. Rojas, FJ Martínez. "Luis Cabeza de Vaca | Humanismo Giennense". www.humanismogiennense.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 149, 267, and 289. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Luis Cabeza de Vaca" retrieved November 11, 2015
  4. "Diocese of Salamanca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. "Diocese of Salamanca" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016


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