Pedro de la Torre

Most Reverend Pedro de la Torre
Bishop of Paraguay
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Paraguay
In office	1554–1573
Predecessor	Juan de los Barrios
Successor	Alfonso Guerra (bishop)
Personal details
Died	1573 Asuncion, Paraguay

Pedro de la Torre (died 1573) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Paraguay (1554–1573).^[1]

Biography

Pedro de la Torre was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[2] On 27 August 1554, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Paraguay.^[1][2] He served as Bishop of Paraguay until his death in 1573.^[1][2]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 197. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pedro de la Torre, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

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

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Juan de los Barrios	Bishop of Paraguay 1554–1573	Succeeded by Alfonso Guerra (bishop)