Juan de Vaca

Most Reverend
Juan de Vaca
Bishop of Panamá
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Panamá
Predecessor Pablo de Torres
Successor Francisco de Abrego
Orders
Consecration February 8, 1562
Personal details
Born Valladolid, Spain
Died 1565
Nationality Spanish

Juan de Vaca (also Juan de Baca)(died 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1561-1565).[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Juan de Vaca was born in Valladolid, Spain[6] and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[2] On January 27, 1561, Pope Pius IV, appointed him Bishop of Panamá and he was consecrated bishop on February 8, 1562.[2] He served as Bishop of Panamá during the governorship of Luis de Guzman and successfully organized a counter-revolt against Rodrigo Méndez who seized the city during the governor's absence.[5] He was also credited by the townsfolk with miraculously halting an expansive fire in 1563 by leading a procession with the Blessed Sacrament directly to the heart of the fire which was then shortly thereafter extinguished.[5] He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death in 1565.[2] He was the co-Consecrator of Francisco del Toral, Bishop of Yucatán.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan de Vaca (Baca), O.S.B." retrieved November 18, 2015
  3. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archdiocese of Panamá" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. 1 2 3 Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | P. 18-19
  6. ↑ Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio P. 27-30 | retrieved November 17, 2015
Religious titles
Preceded by
Pablo de Torres		 Bishop of Panamá
1561-1565 		Succeeded by
Francisco de Abrego
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