Name Juan los | Nationality Spanish Predecessor None | |
Consecration by Juan Martinez Siliceo Died February 12, 1569 (age 73) Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogota Previous post Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asuncion | ||
Successor Luis Zapata de Cardenas | ||
Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. (1498-April 16, 1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, (1564-1569), Bishop of Santa Marta (1552-1564), and the first Bishop of Paraguay (1547-1552).
Biography
Juan de los Barrios was born in Villa de Peloche, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On July 1, 1547, Pope Paul III appointed him the first Bishop of Paraguay. He was consecrated by Juan Martínez Silíceo, Archbishop of Toledo. On April 2, 1552, he was appointed by Pope Julius III as Bishop of Santa Marta. On March 22, 1564, Pope Pius IV appointed him the first Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada. He died on February 12, 1569. He was the principal Consecrator of Juan de Simancas Simancas, Bishop of Cartagena and Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín, Bishop of Coro.