Alfonso de la Cerda (bishop)
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Alfonso de la Cerda (died June 25, 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1587-1592) and Bishop of Comayagua (1578-1587).[1][2]
Biography
Alfonso de la Cerda was born in Caceres, Spain and moved to the United States to make a living but - discouraged by the morality of his fellow migrants - he left and entered the convent of San Rosario in Lima where he was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in 1545.[3] He was elected prior of the convents of Porto Bello, Arequipa, and Lima, and then preacher-general of Peru, and finally provincial of Peru[3] where he established a requirement that all missionaries have some knowledge of Indian languages.[3] In 1573, he was sent to Rome to represent the interests of the Dominicans of Peru.[3] On January 13, 1578, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Comayagua.[1] On November 6, 1587, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.[1] In 1588, he founded he founded a convent of his order in Chuquisaca.[3] He served as Bishop La Plata o Charcas until his death on June 25, 1592 in Chuquisaca.[1]
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske Volume 1
