Luis Zapata de Cárdenas

Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. Rec. (1510 – 24 February 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1570–1590).[1]

Most Reverend Luis Zapata de Cárdenas
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
In office	1570–1590
Predecessor	Juan de los Barrios
Successor	Alfonso López de Avila
Orders
Consecration	May 1571 by Giovanni Battista Castagna
Personal details
Born	1510 Llerena, Spain
Died	24 February 1590 Bogotá

Biography

Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Spain, in 1510 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Recollects.[2] On 8 November 1570 he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.[1][2] In May 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Castagna, Archbishop of Rossano.[2] He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his death on 24 Feb 1590.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Dionisio de Santos, Bishop of Cartagena (1575).[2]

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 196. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. Rec". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}

Literature

• Hildegard Ernst (1999). "Zapata de Cardenas, Luis". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 15. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1555–1556. ISBN 3-88309-077-8.

External links and additional sources

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