Alfonso de la Cerda (bishop)

Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. (died June 25, 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1587–1592) and Bishop of Comayagua (1578–1587).[1][2]

Most Reverend

Alfonso de la Cerda
Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of La Plata o Charcas
In office1587–1592
PredecessorAlfonso Graniero Avalos
SuccessorAlonso Ramírez Vergara
Personal details
BornCaceres, Spain
DiedJune 25, 1592
Chuquisaca, Peru
Previous postBishop of Comayagua (1578–1587)

Biography

Alfonso de la Cerda was born in Caceres, Spain and moved to the United States to make a living but - discouraged by the morality of his fellow migrants - he left and entered the convent of San Rosario in Lima where he was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in 1545.[3] He was elected prior of the convents of Porto Bello, Arequipa, and Lima, and then preacher-general of Peru, and finally provincial of Peru[3] where he established a requirement that all missionaries have some knowledge of Indian languages.[3] In 1573, he was sent to Rome to represent the interests of the Dominicans of Peru.[3] On January 13, 1578, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Comayagua.[1][2] On November 6, 1587, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas.[1][2] In 1588, he founded a convent of his order in Chuquisaca.[3] He served as Bishop La Plata o Charcas until his death on June 25, 1592 in Chuquisaca.[1][2]

References
  1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 173 and 152. (in Latin)
  2. "Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske Volume 1
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jerónimo de Corella		 Bishop of Comayagua
1578–1587		 Succeeded by
Gaspar de Andrada
Preceded by
Alfonso Graniero Avalos		 Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
1587–1592		 Succeeded by
Alonso Ramírez Vergara


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