Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
García Díaz Arias | |
Bishop of Quito | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Quito |
Term: | 1546–1562 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | Pedro de la Peña |
Consecration: | 5 June 1547 |
Consecrated By: | Juan Solano |
Death Date: | 1562 |
Death Place: | Quito, Ecuador |
García Díaz Arias (died 1562) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Quito (1546–1562).[1]
On 8 January 1546, García Díaz Arias was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Quito.[2] On 5 June 1547, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Solano, Bishop of Cuzco. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1562.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martín de Calatayud, Bishop of Santa Marta (1547).