Vicente de Peraza
Most Reverend Vicente de Peraza | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Panama | |
 Vicente de Peraza in a 16th century portrait. | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Panama |
| In office | 1520–1526 |
| Predecessor | Juan de Quevedo Villegas |
| Successor | Martin de Bejar |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | April 1, 1521 by Francisco Bobadilla |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1553 |
Vicente de Peraza (died 1553) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Panamá (1520–1526).[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]He was born in 1489, in the town of Betancuria, on the island of Fuerteventura. Although according to other sources, in Seville. Vicente de Peraza was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5] On December 5, 1520, Pope Leo X appointed him as the second Bishop of Panamá.[1][5] On April 1, 1521, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Bobadilla, Bishop of Salamanca with Paride de Grassis, Bishop of Pesaro as Co-Consecrator.[5] In 1526, he resigned as Bishop of Panamá.[1][5] He died in 1553.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
- ^ Actas del II Congreso Internacional sobre los Dominicos y el Nuevo Mundo, Salamanca, 28 de marzo-1 de abril de 1989 (Los Dominicos y America). Editorial San Esteban. 1990. pp. 521–523. ISBN 978-8487557088.
- ^ Serrano y Sanz, Manuel (1990). Relaciones históricas y geográficas de América central, Volume 8. p. 11.
- ^ Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 6–9
- ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
External links and additional sources
[edit]- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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