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Church
  
Died
  
1580

Successor
  
Bartolome de Ledesma


Predecessor
  
Diocese
  
Diocese of Panama

Name
  
Manuel Mercado

Consecration
  
1571by Cristobal Rojas Sandoval

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (died 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1576-1580) and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1570-1576).

Biography

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome. On February September 4, 1570, Pope Pius V, appointed him Bishop of Puerto Rico. In 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval, Archbishop of Seville. On March 28, 1576, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death in 1580.

References

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete Wikipedia


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