Francisco Garcia de Padilla

Francisco Garcia de Padilla, O.F.M. (Died 1515) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santo Domingo (1511–1515) and as Bishop-elect of Bayuna (1504–1511),[1] one of the first three Roman Catholic bishops in the New World.

Most Reverend Francisco Garcia de Padilla
Bishop of Santo Domingo
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santo Domingo
In office	1511–1515
Predecessor	None
Successor	Alejandro Geraldini
Orders
Consecration	2 May 1512
Personal details
Died	1515 Santo Domingo
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post	Bishop-elect of Bayuna (1504–1511)

Biography

Francisco Garcia de Padilla was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On November 15, 1504, he was appointed the first and only Bishop of Bayuna.[2] The Diocese of Bayuna (located at Lares de Guahaba) was one of three dioceses - the other two being the Diocese of Magua, located at Concepción de La Vega, and the Archdiocese of Hyaguata, located at Santo Domingo - created in the New World by a Papal Bull Illius fulciti issued by Pope Julius II.[3][4] The Bull never went into effect due to the objection of Ferdinand II of Aragon who opposed that the Bull gave the dioceses the right to receive a portion of the earnings from the gold and precious stones discovered in the territory.[3] On August 8, 1511, Pope Julius II issued a new Papal Bull Pontifax Romanus which extinguished the previously granted ecclesiastical province and its dioceses and reassigned their delegated bishops.

On 13 Aug 1511, Francisco Garcia de Padilla, Bishop Elect of Bayuna, was reassigned to the Diocese of Santo Domingo.[3] His compatriots, Father Alonso Manso, Bishop Elect of Magua, was reassigned to the Diocese of Puerto Rico; and Pedro Suárez de Deza, Bishop Elect of Hyaguata, was reassigned to the Diocese of Concepción de la Vega.[3] On 2 May 1512, he was consecrated bishop.[2] He served as Bishop of Santo Domingo until his death in 1515.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: Pascual Rebenga de Ampudia, Bishop of Burgos (1497).[2]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 187 note 2. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco Garcia de Padilla, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
3. Herbermann, Charles G. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING. p. 292.
4. Schwaller, John Frederick (February 2011). The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America: From Conquest to Revolution and Beyond. New York University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0814783603.

External links and additional sources

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