Diego de Sarmiento

Most Reverend
Diego de Sarmiento
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office 1536–1544
Predecessor Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca
Successor Fernando de Uranga
Orders
Consecration 1536
Personal details
Born Burgos, Spain
Died 30 May 1547
Sevilla, Spain

Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (died 30 May 1547) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1536–1544).[1]

Biography

Diego de Sarmiento was born in Burgos, Spain and ordained a priest in the Carthusian Order.[2] On 20 October 1535, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] In 1536, he was consecrated bishop.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation in 1544.[2] He died on 30 May 1547 in Sevilla, Spain.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 182. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca		 Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
1536–1544		 Succeeded by
Fernando de Uranga


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