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Luís de la Fuente (bishop)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Lázaro Carrasco

In office
  
1564–1566

Successor
  
Pedro Gómez de Córdoba

Died
  
December 1566, León, Nicaragua

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua

Luís de la Fuente or Luís de la Fuentes was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1564–1566).

Biography

On 28 Apr 1564, Luís de la Fuente was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Nicaragua. While bishop, he presided over the merger of Costa Rica and Nicaragua into a single ecclesiastical jurisdiction. On 6 Jul 1565, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Nicaragua until his death in Dec 1566.

References

Luís de la Fuente (bishop) Wikipedia