Bartolomé de la Plaza (died 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Santiago de Cuba The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba () (erected 1518 as the Diocese of Baracoa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiasti ...

(1597–1602). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Bartolomé de la Plaza was born in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

and ordained a priest in the

Order of Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; Post-nominal letters, postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a Mendicant orders, mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis ...

. On 10 November 1597, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII (; ; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 January 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born in Fano, Papal States to a prominen ...

. In 1598, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in 1602.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII 1602 deaths Franciscan bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Cuba {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub