Church Catholic Church Predecessor None Successor Pedro de la Peña | In office 1546–1562 Died 1562, Quito, Ecuador Consecration 5 June 1547 | |
Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito | ||
García Díaz Arias (died 1562) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Quito (1546–1562).
Biography
On 8 January 1546, García Díaz Arias was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Quito. On 5 June 1547, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Solano, Bishop of Cuzco. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1562.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martín de Calatayud, Bishop of Santa Marta (1547).
References
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