Church Catholic Church Predecessor Juan de los Barrios | In office 1570-1590 Successor Alfonso López de Avila | |
Consecration May 1571
by Giovanni Battista Castagna Died 24 February 1590, Bogotá, Colombia Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá | ||
Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. (1510-24 Feb 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1570-1590).
Biography
Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Spain in 1510 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 8 Nov 1570, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada. In May 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Castagna, Archbishop of Rossano. He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his death on 24 Feb 1590. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Dionisio de Santos, Bishop of Cartagena (1575).
References
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