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Juan Castro (bishop)

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Church
  
Died
  
Bogotá, Colombia

In office
  
1608–1609

Nationality
  
Spanish

Predecessor
  
Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá

Juan Castro, OSA (25 January 1547 – 1 August 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1608–1609).

Biography

Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in Toledo, Spain on 25 Jan 1547 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 7 Jan 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada. He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his resignation in Jun 1609. He died on 1 Aug 1611.

References

Juan Castro (bishop) Wikipedia


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