Pablo de Torres (bishop) explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Pablo de Torres
Bishop of Panamá
Church:	Catholic Church
Term:	1546–1560
Predecessor:	Tomás de Berlanga
Successor:	Juan de Vaca
Birth Place:	Spain
Death Date:	1560
Nationality:	Spanish

Pablo de Torres (died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Panamá from 1546 to 1560.^[1]

Biography

Pablo de Torres was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On January 27, 1546, Pope Paul III appointed him Bishop of Panamá.^[2] On December 15, 1553, Jerónimo de Loayza, Archbishop of Lima, initiated a case for his removal from his duties due to administrative incompetency and the failure to protect the Indians from abuse and enslavement.^[3] Pablo de Torres returned to Rome in 1554 where he is said to have died in 1560.

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M. . Archdiocese of Panamá . Catholic-Hierarchy . March 25, 2018. (for chronology of bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel . Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá . GCatholic . March 25, 2018. (for chronology of bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad . Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III . 268 . 1923 . Libreria Regensbergiana . Münster . second . la.
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Pablo de Torres, O.P.. . June 16, 2018.
3. Web site: Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio . https://web.archive.org/web/20151118171555/http://enriquedussel.com/DVD%20Obras%20Enrique%20Dussel/Textos/a18/VI.%2001.pdf . 2015-11-18 . 22-27 . November 17, 2015 . es.