Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano

Most Reverend Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
Bishop of Arequipa
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Arequipa
In office	1615
Predecessor	Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez
Successor	Pedro de Perea
Personal details
Born	Zamora, Spain
Died	19 Dec 1615 (age 50) Arequipa, Peru
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Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (1565 – 19 December, 1615) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Arequipa (1615), Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1610-1615), and Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1602-1610).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Biography

Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano was born in Zamora, Spain in 1565.^[1] On 15 Apr 1602, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.^[1] On 19 Jul 1610, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.^[1] On 16 Sep 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Arequipa.^[1] He served as Bishop of Arequipa until his death on 19 Dec 1615.^[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alfonso del Galdo, Bishop of Comayagua (1613).^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
2. "Archdiocese of Arequipa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Archdiocese of Guatemala" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 19, 2016
7. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 19, 2016