Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Salamanca | |
Bishop of Islas Canarias | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Islas Canarias |
Term: | 1531–1538 |
Predecessor: | Pedro Fernández Manrique |
Successor: | Alonso Ruiz de Virués |
Death Date: | 1538 |
Death Place: | Canary Islands, Spain |
Juan de Salamanca Polanco, O.P. (Burgos, c. 1490- Canary Islands, 1538) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Islas Canarias (1531–1538).[1] [2]
Juan de Salamanca was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] On 6 Mar 1531, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Islas Canarias. He served as Bishop of Islas Canarias until his death in 1538.