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Juan López de Zárate

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Most Reverend
Juan López de Zárate
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
In office 1535–1555
Predecessor None
Successor Bernardo de Albuquerque
Orders
Consecration April 8, 1537
by Juan de Zumárraga
Personal details
Born June 24, 1490
Oviedo, Spain
Died September 10, 1555 (age 65)

Juan López de Zárate (June 24, 1490 – September 10, 1555) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1535–1555).[1]

Biography

Juan López de Zárate was born in Oviedo, Spain.[2] On June 21, 1535, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca.[1][2] On April 8, 1537, he was consecrated bishop by Don Juan de Zumárraga, Archbishop of Mexico.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Martín Sarmiento de Osacastro, Bishop of Tlaxcala (1549) and the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Marroquín Hurtado, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1537)[2]

Zárate died on September 10, 1555,[1][2] while in attendance at the First Mexican Provincial Council.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 111. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan López de Zárate". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
  3. Back to citation Dussel, Enrique (1981). A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492-1979). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8028-2131-7.