Tomás Casillas Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tomás Casillas
Bishop of Chiapas
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1552–1567
Predecessor:Bartolomé de las Casas
Successor:Pedro Martín Fernández
Consecration:1552
Consecrated By:Francisco Marroquín Hurtado
Birth Place:León, Spain
Death Date:29 Oct 1567

Tomás Casillas, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1552–1567).

Biography

Tomás Casillas was born in León, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Preachers.On 19 Jan 1551, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Chiapas.In 1552, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Marroquín Hurtado, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala In 1555, he attended the First Mexican Provincial Council.[1]

Casillas died on 29 Oct 1567.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Dussel . Enrique . A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492-1979) . 1981 . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing . 978-0-8028-2131-7 . 56 . en.