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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