Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.
The Vargas Palace (on the left) and the Bishop's Chapel (on the right)
The Vargas Palace (on the left) and the Bishop's Chapel (on the right)

Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal (1506-1559) was a Spanish bishop born in Madrid who died in Jaraicejo (province of Cáceres). He was a great builder of churches, organizer of ecclesiastic administration, and a patron of the arts. He financed a maritime expedition crossing the Straits of Magellan, and his intended purpose was to colonize and evangelize Patagonia.