Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto | |
Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
Term: | 1687–1698 |
Predecessor: | Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto |
Successor: | Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín |
Consecration: | December 21, 1681 |
Consecrated By: | Melchor Liñán y Cisneros |
Birth Date: | 1631 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Death Date: | 1698 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Juan de los Ríos y Berriz (1631–1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1687–1698).[1]
Juan de los Ríos y Berriz was born in Lima, Peru. On April 28, 1687, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Melchor Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima. He served as Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra until his death in 1698.