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Tomás de Berlanga

Fourth Bishop of Panamá (1487–1551)

Summary

Fourth Bishop of Panamá (1487–1551)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	Most Reverend
name	Tomás de Berlanga
title	Bishop of Panama
image	Fray Tomas de Belanga.jpg
caption	Statue of Fray Tomás in Berlanga de Duero
church	Catholic Church
diocese	Diocese of Panama
predecessor	Vicente de Valverde
successor	Pablo de Torres
consecration	1534
consecrated_by	Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
birth_date	1487
birth_place	Berlanga de Duero, Spain
death_date	8 August 1551 (age 64)
death_place	Berlanga de Duero, Spain
nationality	Spanish

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

Fray Tomás de Berlanga, O.P., (1487 – 8 August 1551) was the fourth Bishop of Panamá.

Biography

Tomás de Berlanga was born in Berlanga de Duero in Soria, Spain. On February 11, 1534, Pope Clement VII appointed him Bishop of Panama. On May 17, 1534, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla, Bishop of Coria. Francisco Mendoza, Bishop of Palencia, was co-consecrator, with Father Francisco de Navarra y Hualde assisting.

In 1535, he sailed to Peru to settle a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro over division of territory after the conquest of the Inca Empire. His ship stalled when the winds died and strong currents carried him out to the Galápagos Islands which he thus discovered on March 10, 1535. He sent an account of the adventure and discovery to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Berlanga resigned his see in 1537.

When Tomás de Berlanga returned to the Berlanga de Duero from America, he brought with him a cayman from the Chagres River in Panama. This cayman measured 3 meters. It is currently on display in the Colegiata de Nuestra Señora del Mercado in Berlanga de Duero.

References

[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02493a.htm Fray Tomas de Berlanga] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article
Eubel, Konrad. (1923). "Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi". Libreria Regensbergiana.
Cheney, David M.. "Bishop Tomás de Berlanga, O.P.".
Leon, P., 1998, The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of the New World Encounter, edited and translated by Cook and Cook, Durham: Duke University Press, {{ISBN. 9780822321460
"Algunos de los animales disecados más antiguos que se conservan".

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