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Tomás de Toro

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Most Reverend
Tomás de Toro
O.P.
Bishop-Elect of Cartagena
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Cartagena
Predecessor None
Successor Jerónimo de Loaysa
Personal details
Died 1536

Tomás de Toro, O.P. (died 1536) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop-Elect of Cartagena (1534–1536).[1]

Biography

Tomás de Toro was born ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers[1] at the Convent of San Esteban de Salamanca.[2] On 24 Apr 1534, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as the first Bishop of Cartagena.[1] His bishopric was brief, for he died two years later, after facing serious struggles with the trustees, headed by Pedro de Heredia, due to its excesses with the Indians.[3] He died in 1536 before he was consecrated as Bishop of Cartagena.[1]

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