Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tomás de Cárdenas | |
Bishop of Verapaz | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Verapaz |
Term: | 1574–1578 |
Predecessor: | Pedro de la Peña |
Successor: | Antonio de Hervias |
Death Date: | 1578 |
Death Place: | Verapaz, Guatemala |
Tomás de Cárdenas, O.P. (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the third Bishop of Verapaz (1574–1578).[1]
Tomás de Cárdenas was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 8 January 1574, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Verapaz. He served as Bishop of Verapaz until his death in 1578.