Manuel de Mercado Aldrete

Most Reverend

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete
Bishop of Panamá
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Panamá
In office1576–1580
PredecessorFrancisco de Abrego
SuccessorBartolomé de Ledesma
Previous postBishop of Puerto Rico (1570–1576)
Orders
Consecration1571
by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval
Personal details
Born
Spain
Died(1580-04-04)4 April 1580

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (died 4 April 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1576–1580)[1] and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1570–1576).[2][3][4]

Biography

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.[4][5] On February September 4, 1570, Pope Pius V, appointed him Bishop of Puerto Rico.[2][5] In 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval, Archbishop of Seville.[5] On March 28, 1576, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.[1][5] He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on 4 April 1580.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 278. (in Latin)
  3. ↑ 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) | pp. 21–26
  4. 1 2 Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine pp. 30–31 | retrieved November 17, 2015
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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