Martín de Calatayud (1501 – November 9, 1548) was a

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prelate who served as Bishop of Santa Marta (1543–1548). ''(in Latin)''

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Martín de Calatayud was born in

Calatayud Calatayud (; 2014 pop. 20,658) is a municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest town in the province after the capital, ...

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and ordained a priest in the Orden de San Jerónimo. On December 19, 1543,

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

appointed him Bishop of Santa Marta. In December 1547, he was

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bishop by

Jerónimo de Loayza Jerónimo de Loayza y González, O.P. (1498 – October 25, 1575), was a Spanish Dominican friar and missionary, who was selected as the first Archbishop of Lima. ''(in Latin)'' He established the first hospital, initiated construction of ...

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with García Díaz Arias, Bishop of Quito, and

Juan Solano Juan Solano, O.P. (c. 1505 – 1580), was a Spanish Dominican missionary and the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Cuzco, Peru (1544–1562). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Solano was born in about 1504 in Archidona, a town in the Province of ...

, Bishop of Cuzco, as

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. He died on November 9, 1548.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1501 births 1548 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Granada Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Marta {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub

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