Vicente de Valverde, O.P. (1490–1543) served as the fourth Bishop of Panama (1533–1534). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Vicente de Valverde was born in Segovia,

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and 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 ...

. In 1533,

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 Panama. He died in 1543.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1490 births 1543 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII Dominican bishops 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Panama Roman Catholic bishops of Panamá {{Panama-bio-stub