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]
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.