Alonso Ramírez Vergara Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alonso Ramírez Vergara
Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1594–1602
Predecessor:Alfonso de la Cerda (bishop)
Successor:Luis López de Solís
Consecration:17 June 1594
Consecrated By:Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
Death Date:19 November 1602
Death Place:Sucre, Peru

Alonso Ramírez Vergara, O.S. (died 19 November 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1594–1602).[1]

Biography

Alonso Ramírez Vergara was ordained a priest in the Order of Santiago.On 17 June 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.In 1595, he was consecrated bishop by Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo, Archbishop of Lima.He served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas until his death on 19 November 1602.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bramve.html "Bishop Alonso Ramírez Vergara, O.S."