Pablo de Torres (died 1560) was a

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prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1546–1560). ''(in Latin)''Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) , P. 15-18

Biography

Pablo de Torres was born in

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and ordained a priest in the

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. On January 27, 1546,

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, appointed him Bishop of Panamá. On December 15, 1553,

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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, initiated a case for his removal from his duties due to administrative incompetency and the failure to protect the Indians from abuse and enslavement.Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio
P. 22-27 , retrieved November 17, 2015 Pablo de Torres returned to Rome in 1554 where he is said to have died in 1560.

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