Fernando Vázquez de Arce (died 1520) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Islas Canarias
The Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Canary Islands in the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain. The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuertevent ...
(1513–1520).
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Biography
On 20 May 1513, Fernando Vázquez de Arce was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X (; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Born into the prominent political and banking Med ...
as
Bishop of Islas Canarias
The Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Canary Islands in the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain. The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuertevent ...
.
[ ] He served as Bishop of Islas Canarias until his death in 1520.
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15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Kingdom of Aragon
Bishops appointed by Pope Leo X
1520 deaths
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