Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera | |
Bishop of Puerto Rico | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Puerto Rico |
Predecessor: | Alonso Manso |
Successor: | Francisco Andrés de Carvajal |
Consecrated By: | Francisco Mendoza |
Birth Place: | Santo Domingo |
Death Date: | 1570 |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Coro (1531–1532) |
Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera (died 1570) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Puerto Rico (1541–1567)[1] and the first Bishop of Coro (1531–1532).[2]
Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera was born in Santo Domingo.[3] On June 21, 1531, and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as the first Bishop of Coro.[4] On June 30, 1532, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Mendoza, Bishop of Zamora. On July 6, 1541, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as the second Bishop of Puerto Rico. On May 6, 1567, he resigned as Bishop of Puerto Rico. He died in 1570.
He was the principal consecrator of Alfonso de Fuenmayor, the fifth Bishop of Santo Domingo.