Type: | bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Gregorio Cruz | |
Bishop of Martirano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Martirano |
Term: | 1569-1577 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Federici |
Successor: | Mariano Pierbenedetti |
Consecration: | 16 Apr 1569 |
Consecrated By: | Scipione Rebiba |
Death Date: | 1577 |
Death Place: | Martirano, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Gregorio Cruz (died 1577) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Martirano (1569–1577).[1]
Cruz was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 1 Apr 1569, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Martirano. On 16 Apr 1569, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, with Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Martirano until his death in 1577.