Vicente de Peraza

Most Reverend
Vicente de Peraza
Bishop of Panama
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Panama
Predecessor Juan de Quevedo Villegas
Successor Martin de Bejar
Orders
Consecration April 1, 1521
by Francisco Bobadilla
Personal details
Died 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][5]

Biography

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P." retrieved November 13, 2015
  2. GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá" retrieved November 16, 2015
  3. 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). Editorial San Esteban. 1990. pp. 521–523. ISBN 978-8487557088.
  4. Serrano y Sanz, Manuel (1990). Relaciones históricas y geográficas de América central, Volume 8. p. 11.
  5. 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
Religious titles
Preceded by
Juan de Quevedo Villegas
Bishop of Panamá
1520–1526
Succeeded by
Martin de Bejar
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