Bernardo de Albuquerque,
O.P. (died 23 July 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1561–1579).
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Biography
Bernardo de Albuquerque was ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...
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On 27 June 1561, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by
Pope Pius IV as
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca.
On 8 November 1562, he was consecrated bishop by
Alonso de Montúfar
Alonso de Montúfar y Bravo de Lagunas, O.P., was a Spanish Dominican friar and prelate of the Catholic Church, who ruled as the second Archbishop of Mexico from 1551 to his death in 1572. He approved and promoted the devotion to Our Lady of ...
,
Archbishop of México with
Vasco de Quiroga
Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78 – 14 March 1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico, and one of the judges (''oidores'') in the second Real Audiencia of Mexico – the high court that governed New Spain – from January 10, 1531, to April 16, ...
,
Bishop of Michoacán, and
Fernando de Villagómez,
Bishop of Tlaxcala, as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca until his death on 23 July 1579.
In the year 1561, Bernardo de Albuquerque saw fit to destroy
Mitla
Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca, in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the ...
and exile most of its inhabitants, specifically the indigenous religious practitioners.
References
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1579 deaths
16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius IV
Dominican bishops
People from the Province of Badajoz
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