Juan de Vaca

Juan de Vaca (also Juan de Baca) (died 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1561–1565).[1][2]

Most Reverend Juan de Vaca
Bishop of Panamá
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Panamá
In office	1561–1565
Predecessor	Pablo de Torres
Successor	Francisco de Abrego
Orders
Consecration	February 8, 1562
Personal details
Born	Valladolid, Spain
Died	1565
Nationality	Spanish

Biography

Juan de Vaca was born in Valladolid, Spain[3] and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[4] On January 27, 1561, Pope Pius IV, appointed him Bishop of Panamá and he was consecrated bishop on February 8, 1562.[4] He served as Bishop of Panamá during the governorship of Luis de Guzman and successfully organized a counter-revolt against Rodrigo Méndez who seized the city during the governor's absence.[2] He was also credited by the townsfolk with miraculously halting an expansive fire in 1563 by leading a procession with the Blessed Sacrament directly to the heart of the fire which was then shortly thereafter extinguished.[2] He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death in 1565.[4] He was the co-consecrator of Francisco del Toral, Bishop of Yucatán.[4]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
2. Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | P. 18-19
3. Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine P. 27-30 | retrieved November 17, 2015
4. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan de Vaca (Baca), O.S.B." 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]}