Bartolomé de la Plaza

Most Reverend Bartolomé de la Plaza
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office	1597–1602
Predecessor	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo
Successor	Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
Orders
Consecration	1598
Personal details
Born	Spain
Died	1602 Santiago de Cuba

Bartolomé de la Plaza (died 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1597–1602).^[1]

Biography

Bartolomé de la Plaza was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[2] On 10 November 1597, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.^[2] In 1598, he was consecrated bishop.^[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in 1602.^[2]

References

^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 182. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Bartolomé de la Plaza, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

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]}