Martín de Calatayud (1501 – November 9, 1548) was a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate who served as

Bishop of Santa Marta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta () is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia. History * January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from the Diocese of San ...

(1543–1548). ''(in Latin)''

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Martín de Calatayud was born in

Calatayud Calatayud (; 2014 pop. 20,658) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón (river), Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest ...

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and ordained a priest in the Orden de San Jerónimo. On December 19, 1543,

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...

appointed him

. In December 1547, he was

consecrated Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...

bishop by

Jerónimo de Loayza Jerónimo de Loayza y González, O.P. (1498 – October 25, 1575), was a Spanish Dominican friar and missionary, who was selected as the first Archbishop of Lima. ''(in Latin)'' He established the first hospital, initiated construction of ...

Archbishop of Lima The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima () is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the ''Diocese of Lima'' on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metr ...

with

García Díaz Arias García Díaz Arias (died 1562) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito, Bishop of Quito (1546–1562). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 8 January 1546, García Díaz Arias was appointed during the pap ...

, Bishop of Quito, and

Juan Solano Juan Solano, O.P. (c. 1505 – 1580), was a Spanish Dominican missionary and the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Cuzco, Peru (1544–1562). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Solano was born in about 1504 in Archidona, a town in the Province o ...

Bishop of Cuzco The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco () is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.

, as

co-consecrators A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...

. He died on November 9, 1548.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1501 births 1548 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Granada Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Marta {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub

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