Juan del Castillo (bishop)

Juan del Castillo (died 1593) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1564–1578).[1]

Most Reverend Juan del Castillo
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office	1564–1578
Predecessor	Bernardino de Villalpando
Successor	Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo
Orders
Consecration	June 1567
Personal details
Born	Quintanar de la Orden, Spain
Died	June 1593

Biography

Juan del Castillo was born in Quintanar de la Orden, Spain.[2] On 28 April 1564, Juan del Castillo was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] In June 1567, he was consecrated bishop.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation on 3 October 1578.[1][2] He died in June 1593.[2]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 182. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Juan del Castillo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}