Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan Valle | |
Bishop of Popayán | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Popayán |
Term: | 1546–1563 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | Agustín Gormaz Velasco |
Consecration: | 1547 |
Birth Place: | Spain |
Death Date: | 1563 |
Death Place: | France |
Juan Valle or Juan del Valle (died 1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Popayán (1546–1563).[1]
Juan del Valle was born in Spain. On 27 Aug 1546, Juan Valle was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Popayán.[2] In 1547, he was consecrated bishop in Spain. He served as Bishop of Popayán until his death in 1563 in France.