Tomás Casillas

Most Reverend

Tomás Casillas
Bishop of Chiapas
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1552–1567
PredecessorBartolomé de las Casas
SuccessorPedro Martín Fernández
Orders
Consecration1552
by Francisco Marroquín Hurtado
Personal details
Born
León, Spain
Died29 Oct 1567

Tomás Casillas, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1552–1567).[1]

Biography

Tomás Casillas was born in León, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Preachers.[2] On 19 Jan 1551, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Chiapas.[1][2] In 1552, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Marroquín Hurtado, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[2] In 1555, he attended the First Mexican Provincial Council.[3]

Casillas died on 29 Oct 1567.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 165. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Tomás Casillas, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019. [self-published]
  3. ^ Dussel, Enrique (1981). A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492-1979). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8028-2131-7.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Chiapas
1552–1567 		Succeeded by


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