Juan del Castillo (died 1593) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba, links=no) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and S ...
(1564–1578).
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Biography
Juan del Castillo was born in
Quintanar de la Orden,
Spain
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On 28 April 1564, Juan del Castillo was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Pius IV as
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba, links=no) (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and S ...
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In June 1567, he was consecrated bishop.
He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation on 3 October 1578.
He died in June 1593.
References
External links and additional sources
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16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius IV
1593 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Cuba
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