Vicente de Peraza

Most Reverend Vicente de Peraza
Bishop of Panama
Vicente de Peraza in a 16th century portrait.
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Panama
In office	1520–1526
Predecessor	Juan de Quevedo Villegas
Successor	Martin de Bejar
Orders
Consecration	April 1, 1521 by Francisco Bobadilla
Personal details
Died	1553

Vicente de Peraza (died 1553) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Panamá (1520–1526).^[1][2][3][4]

Biography

He was born in 1489, in the town of Betancuria, on the island of Fuerteventura. Although according to other sources, in Seville. Vicente de Peraza was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[5] On December 5, 1520, Pope Leo X appointed him as the second Bishop of Panamá.^[1][5] On April 1, 1521, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Bobadilla, Bishop of Salamanca with Paride de Grassis, Bishop of Pesaro as Co-Consecrator.^[5] In 1526, he resigned as Bishop of Panamá.^[1][5] He died in 1553.^[5]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
2. Actas del II Congreso Internacional sobre los Dominicos y el Nuevo Mundo, Salamanca, 28 de marzo-1 de abril de 1989 (Los Dominicos y America). Editorial San Esteban. 1990. pp. 521–523. ISBN 978-8487557088.
3. Serrano y Sanz, Manuel (1990). Relaciones históricas y geográficas de América central, Volume 8. p. 11.
4. Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 6–9
5. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Religious titles
Preceded by Juan de Quevedo Villegas	Bishop of Panamá 1520–1526	Succeeded by Martin de Bejar