Pablo de Torres (bishop)

Pablo de Torres (died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1546–1560).[1][2]

Most Reverend Pablo de Torres
Bishop of Panamá
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Panamá
In office	1546–1560
Predecessor	Tomás de Berlanga
Successor	Juan de Vaca
Personal details
Born	Spain
Died	1560
Nationality	Spanish

Biography

Pablo de Torres was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] On January 27, 1546, Pope Paul III, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.[1][3] On December 15, 1553, Jerónimo de Loayza, Archbishop of Lima, initiated a case for his removal from his duties due to administrative incompetency and the failure to protect the Indians from abuse and enslavement.[4] Pablo de Torres returned to Rome in 1554[4] where he is said to have died in 1560.[3]

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. 15-18
3. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pablo de Torres, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
4. Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine P. 22-27 | retrieved November 17, 2015

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]}