Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Alonso Ruiz de Virués | |
Bishop of Islas Canarias | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Islas Canarias |
Term: | 1538–1545 |
Predecessor: | Juan de Salamanca |
Successor: | Antonio de la Cruz (bishop) |
Birth Date: | 1480 |
Death Date: | 19 January 1545 (age 65) |
Death Place: | Telde, Spain |
Alonso Ruiz de Virués, O.F.M. (died 1545) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Islas Canarias (1538–1545).[1]
Alonso Ruiz de Virués was born in Olmedo, Spain 1480 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On 12 Aug 1538, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Islas Canarias.He served as Bishop of Islas Canarias until his death on 19 January 1545.