Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Juan Castro | |
Honorific Suffix: | OSA |
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Santafé en Nueva Granada |
Term: | 1608–1609 |
Predecessor: | Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero |
Successor: | Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1547 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Spain |
Death Date: | 1 August 1611 (aged 64) |
Death Place: | Bogotá |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Juan Castro (25 January 1547 – 1 August 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1608–1609).[1]
Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in Toledo, Spain on 25 Jan 1547 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 7 Jan 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada. He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his resignation in Jun 1609. He died on 1 Aug 1611.