Jerónimo de Loayza

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Loayza.

Jerónimo de Loayza is depicted here wearing the archbishop's pallium with his Dominican habit.

Jerónimo de Loayza González, O.P. (1498 – October 25, 1575) was a Spanish Dominican missionary and the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Lima.

Biography

Jerónimo de Loayza was born in 1498 in Trujillo, Spain. He was appointed the first bishop of Cartagena on December 5, 1537; he was consecrated on June 29, 1538.^[1] On May 13, 1541, he was appointed the first archbishop of Lima, Peru, assuming that position on February 12, 1546. He was, notably, an episcopal consecrator of Bartolomé de las Casas, as well as Juan Solano.^[1] He died on October 25, 1575.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Cheney, David M (19 December 2010). "Archbishop Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P.". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeloayza.html. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Loayza, Jeronimo De
Alternative names
Short description	archbishop of Lima
Date of birth	1498
Place of birth	Trujillo, Spain
Date of death	October 25, 1575
Place of death