Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Antonio de la Cruz | |
Bishop of Islas Canarias | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Islas Canarias |
Term: | 1545–1550 |
Predecessor: | Alonso Ruiz de Virués |
Successor: | Francisco de la Cerda Córdoba |
Birth Date: | 1480 |
Birth Place: | Burgos, Spain |
Death Date: | 1550 |
Death Place: | Cadiz, Spain |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Antonio de la Cruz, O.F.M. (1480–1550) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Islas Canarias (1545–1550).[1]
Antonio de la Cruz was born in Burgos, Spain in 1480 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On 7 Dec 1545, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Islas Canarias.On 4 Jan 1546, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Islas Canarias until his death in 1550 in Cadiz.