Tomás de Berlanga
{{Short description|Fourth Bishop of Panamá (1487–1551)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type =
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Tomás de Berlanga
| title = Bishop of Panama
| image = Fray Tomas de Belanga.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Statue of Fray Tomás in Berlanga de Duero
| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = Diocese of Panama
| see =
| term =
| predecessor = Vicente de Valverde
| successor = Pablo de Torres
| ordination =
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 1534
| consecrated_by = Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
| rank =
| birth_date = 1487
| birth_place = Berlanga de Duero, Spain
| death_date = 8 August 1551 (age 64)
| death_place = Berlanga de Duero, Spain
| previous_post =
| motto =
| nationality = Spanish
}}
Fray Tomás de Berlanga, O.P., (1487 – 8 August 1551) was the fourth Bishop of Panamá.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02493a.htm Fray Tomas de Berlanga] - Catholic Encyclopedia article{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/268/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=268|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
Biography
Tomás de Berlanga was born in Berlanga de Duero in Soria, Spain.{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Tomás de Berlanga, O.P.|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bberlt.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS 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.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}}{{rp|388}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.taxidermidades.com/2012/08/algunos-de-los-animales-disecados-mas.html|title = Algunos de los animales disecados más antiguos que se conservan}}
References
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Panamá |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpana.html |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pana0.htm |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite book |last1=Varon Gabai |first1=Rafael |title=Francisco Pizarro and His Brothers |date=1997 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=080612833X |pages=54–61}}
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Category:Spanish explorers of the Pacific
Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Panama