Diego de Sarmiento explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Diego de Sarmiento
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
Term:	1536–1544
Predecessor:	Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca
Successor:	Fernando de Uranga
Consecration:	1536
Birth Place:	Burgos, Spain
Death Date:	30 May 1547
Death Place:	Sevilla, Spain

Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (died 30 May 1547) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1536–1544).^[1]

Biography

Diego de Sarmiento was born in Burgos, Spain and ordained a priest in the Carthusian Order.^[2] On 20 October 1535, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba. In 1536, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation in 1544. He died on 30 May 1547 in Sevilla, Spain.

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Konrad Eubel

   . Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 182. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)

2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.