Name Gutierre Vargas | Died 1559, Jaraicejo, Spain | |
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Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal (1506-1559) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Plasencia (1524–1559).
Biography
Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal born in Madrid in 1506. On 25 May 1524, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Plasencia. He was a great builder of churches, organizer of ecclesiastical administration, and a patron of the arts. He financed a maritime expedition crossing the Straits of Magellan, and his intended purpose was to colonize and evangelize Patagonia. He served as Bishop of Plasencia until his death on 27 Apr 1559 in Jaraicejo (province of Cáceres). While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fernando Valdés, Bishop of Elne (1529).
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