Juan de Quevedo

Most Reverend
Juan de Quevedo
Bishop of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién
Predecessor None
Successor Vicente de Peraza
Orders
Consecration January 29, 1514
by Diego de Deza
Personal details
Born 1450
Bejoris, Spain
Died December 24, 1519 (age 69)
Barcelona

Juan de Quevedo (es:Vejorís, c. 1450 December 24, 1519 in Barcelona) was a Spanish Franciscan priest and the first Bishop Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién in Panama (1513-1519).[1][2][3]

Biography

Juan de Quevedo was born in Bejoris, Burgos, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[1] On September 9, 1513[1] - at the request of King Ferdinand, husband of Queen Isabella - Pope Leo X appointed him Bishop of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién[4]:47 On January 29, 1514, he was consecrated by bishop by Diego de Deza, Archbishop of Seville.[1]

He left for the Indies in 1514 along with Hernando de Luque[4] on a fleet commanded by Pedro Arias Dávila.[3] Conflict between Quevedo and Arias Dávila soon ensued as Quevedo strongly protested against the cruel acts committed by the governor and his officers, not only against the Indians, but also against rivals, such as the beheading of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean.[5] Counter charges were brought against Quevedo with Bartolomé de Las Casas accusing him of having violated a trust, accumulated wealth, and neglected the Indians, but the veracity of Las Casas' accusations has not been established.[5] Quevedo returned to Spain in (1518) and presented two memorials to King Charles. One was against Arias Dávila, and the other advocated restricting the powers of all governors in the New World for the better protection of the natives.[5] When these documents were shown to Las Casas, in spite of differences between the two, he offered to countersign them.[5] Bishop Quevedo soon fell sick and died at Barcelona.[5]

In spite of Quevedo's record as a champion of the rights of Native Americans, his views were still coloured by his time and his missionary fervour. He regarded all the aborigines of America to be a race of men whom it would be impossible to instruct or improve unless they were collected in villages or missions and kept under continual supervision.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M." retrieved November 15, 2015
  2. GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá" retrieved November 16, 2015
  3. 1 2 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) | P 6-9
  4. 1 2 Leon, P., 1998, The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of the New World Encounter, edited and translated by Cook and Cook, Durham: Duke University Press, ISBN 9780822321460
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Catholic Encyclopedia: "Juan de Quevedo" retrieved January 11, 2015

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Religious titles
Preceded by
None
Bishop of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién
1513-1519
Succeeded by
Vicente de Peraza
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