Bernardino de Villalpando, C.R.S.A. (died August 1569) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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Biography

Bernardino de Villalpando was born in Talavera de la Reina,

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and ordained a priest in the

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. On 27 June 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba and consecrated bishop in 1562. On 28 April 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as

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