About Luis Zapata de Cárdenas
Lived 1515 – 1590 (aged 74–75). Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was a catholic priest and archbishop.
Friar Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, O.F.M. Rec. (1515 – 24 February 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé de Bogotá, capital of the New Kingdom of Granada (1573–1590).
Biography Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Spain, in 1515. His father, Rodrigo de Cárdenas, was Comendador de Oliva in the Order of Santiago. In May 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Castagna, Archbishop of Rossano.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Dionisio de Santos, Bishop of Cartagena (1575).
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archbishop of Santafé
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Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was born in 1515 in Llerena.
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Luis Zapata de Cárdenas died in 1590 in Bogotá.
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Luis Zapata de Cárdenas was a catholic priest and archbishop.
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Luis Zapata de Cárdenas's recorded nationality: Crown of Castile.
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