Vicente de Peraza explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Vicente de Peraza
Bishop of Panama
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Panama
Term:1520–1526
Predecessor:Juan de Quevedo Villegas
Successor:Martin de Bejar
Consecration:April 1, 1521
Consecrated By:Francisco Bobadilla
Death Date:1553

Vicente de Peraza (died 1553) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Panamá (1520–1526).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Vicente de Peraza was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5] On December 5, 1520, Pope Leo X appointed him as the second Bishop of Panamá. On April 1, 1521, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Bobadilla, Bishop of Salamanca with Paride de Grassis, Bishop of Pesaro as Co-Consecrator. In 1526, he resigned as Bishop of Panamá. He died in 1553.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 268. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Actas del II Congreso Internacional sobre los Dominicos y el Nuevo Mundo, Salamanca, 28 de marzo-1 de abril de 1989 (Los Dominicos y America) . 521–523. Editorial San Esteban. 1990. 978-8487557088.
  3. Book: Serrano y Sanz, Manuel. Relaciones históricas y geográficas de América central, Volume 8. 11. 1990.
  4. Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 6–9
  5. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.