Martín Vasquez de Arce

{{Short description|17th-century Roman Catholic prelate}}

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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Martín Vasquez de Arce

| title = Bishop of Puerto Rico

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| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Diocese of Puerto Rico

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| term = 1599–1609

| predecessor = Antonio Calderón de León

| successor = Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba

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| birth_place = Cuzco, Spain

| death_date = January 13, 1609

| death_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P. (died January 13, 1609) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Puerto Rico (1599–1609).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/278 278]|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvasda.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Martín Vasquez de Arce, O.P."] retrieved December 8, 2015

Biography

Martín Vasquez de Arce was born in Cuzco, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On August 18, 1599, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Puerto Rico. While bishop, he was the Co-Consecrator of Juan Ramírez de Arellano, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala, Juan Pérez de Espinosa, Bishop of Santiago de Chile, and Mateo Burgos Moraleja, Bishop of Pamplona. He served as Bishop of Puerto Rico until his death on January 13, 1609.

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