Alfonso de la Cerda (bishop)

Most Reverend
Alfonso de la Cerda
Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of La Plata o Charcas
In office 1587–1592
Predecessor Alfonso Graniero Avalos
Successor Alonso Ramírez Vergara
Personal details
Born Caceres, Spain
Died June 25, 1592
Chuquisaca, Peru
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Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. (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][2] 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][2] In 1588, 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][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 173 abd 152. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske Volume 1
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Comayagua (Honduras)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Sucre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sucre (Bolivia)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jerónimo de Corella		 Bishop of Comayagua
1578–1587		 Succeeded by
Gaspar de Andrada
Preceded by
Alfonso Graniero Avalos		 Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
1587–1592		 Succeeded by
Alonso Ramírez Vergara
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