Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón | |
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
Term: | 1671–1676 |
Predecessor: | Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán |
Successor: | Juan Antonio García de Palacios |
Consecration: | 4 Sep 1672 |
Consecrated By: | Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzman |
Birth Date: | 1621 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Death Date: | 13 Mar 1676 |
Death Place: | Santiago de Cuba |
Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón (1621–1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1671–1676).[1]
Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón was born in Madrid, Spain in 1621.[2] On 14 Dec 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.On 4 Sep 1672, he was consecrated bishop by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzman, Archbishop of Seville. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death on 13 Mar 1676.