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Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca

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Most Reverend
Sebastián de Salamanca
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office 1530–1534
Predecessor Sebastián de Salamanca
Successor Diego de Sarmiento
Orders
Consecration 5 January 1533
by Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís
Personal details
Born Salamanca, Spain
Died 1534
Santiago de Cuba

Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca, O.P. (died 1534) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1530–1534).[1]

Biography

Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca was born in Salamanca, Spain and was ordained as a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 7 November, 1530, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] On 5 January, 1533, he was consecrated as the bishop by Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís, Archbishop of Seville, with Baltasar del Río, Bishop of Scala, and Luis de Vivaldis, Bishop of Arbe, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in 1534.[1][2]

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