Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón (1621–1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Santiago de Cuba The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba () (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiasti ...

(1671–1676). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Gabriel Díaz Vara y Calderón was born in

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in 1621. On 14 Dec 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement X Pope Clement X (; ; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death on 22 July 1676. Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, born in Rome in ...

. On 4 Sep 1672, he was

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bishop by Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzman,

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. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death on 13 Mar 1676.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X 1621 births 1676 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Cuba {{Cuba-RC-bishop-stub