Luis Cabeza de Vaca (died November 22, 1550) served as
Bishop of Palencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia ( la, Palentin(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain. , (1537–1550),
Bishop of Salamanca (1530–1537), and
Bishop of Islas Canarias (1523–1530).
[ ''(in Latin)''][Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Luis Cabeza de Vaca"]
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Biography
On March 11, 1523
Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI ( la, Hadrianus VI; it, Adriano VI; nl, Adrianus/Adriaan VI), born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens (2 March 1459 – 14 September 1523), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 January 1522 until his d ...
appointed him
Bishop of Islas Canarias.
On June 22, 1530,
Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...
appointed him
Bishop of Salamanca.
On April 14, 1537,
Pope Paul III appointed him
Bishop of Palencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia ( la, Palentin(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain. .
He died on November 22, 1550.
While Bishop, he was the principal consecrator of
Jerónimo de Loaysa,
Bishop of Cartagena (1538), and principal co-consecrator of
Jorge de Austria,
Bishop of Brixen (1539).
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