Pablo de Torres (died 1560) was a

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prelate who was Bishop of Panamá from 1546 to 1560.

Biography

Pablo de Torres was born in

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and ordained a priest in the

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. On January 27, 1546,

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appointed him Bishop of Panamá. On December 15, 1553, Jerónimo de Loayza,

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, initiated a case for his removal from his duties due to administrative incompetency and the failure to protect the Indians from abuse and enslavement. Pablo de Torres returned to Rome in 1554 where he is said to have died in 1560.

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