Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1624,

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– March 29, 1688) was a Spanish Neogranadine

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prelate who served as the Bishop of Panamá (1676–1688) ''(in Latin)'' and the

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(1668–1676).Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) , P. 91-98 He authored the ''Historia general de las conquistas de; Nuevo Reyno de Granada, a la S.C.R.M. de D. Carlos Segundo'', 1688, which has shaped colonial era and modern understandings of the

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Biography

Lucas Fernández de Soto Piedrahita was born in Santa Fe de Bogotá as son of Domingo Hernández de Soto Piedrahita and Catalina de Collantes.Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
- Geni He had one brother and two sisters: Gregorio Hernández de Collantes, María Sayago and Maria Fernández de Piedrahita and his mother was of

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descent.Diccionario de historia cultural de la iglesia en América Latina - Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
/ref> On February 27, 1668, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by

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. In 1669, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanz Lozano, Bishop of Cartagena. On November 16, 1676, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by

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as Bishop of Panamá. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on March 29, 1688. He was the principal consecrator of Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa, Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.

Muisca

Fernández de Piedrahita has contributed extensively on the knowledge about the

, the inhabitants of

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before the arrival of the Spanish.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1624 births 1688 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Clement IX Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI Scholars of the Muisca civilization Colombian people of indigenous peoples descent 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Panama Roman Catholic bishops of Panamá Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Marta {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub

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Muisca

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