Manuel de Mercado Aldrete

Most Reverend Manuel de Mercado Aldrete
Bishop of Panamá
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Panamá
In office	1576–1580
Predecessor	Francisco de Abrego
Successor	Bartolomé de Ledesma
Orders
Consecration	1571 by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval
Personal details
Born	Spain
Died	4 April 1580
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Puerto Rico (1570–1576)

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (died 4 April 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Panamá (1576–1580)^[1] and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1570–1576).^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Manuel de Mercado Aldrete was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.^[4]^[5] On February September 4, 1570, Pope Pius V, appointed him Bishop of Puerto Rico.^[2]^[5] In 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval, Archbishop of Seville.^[5] On March 28, 1576, Pope Gregory XIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.^[1]^[5] He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on 4 April 1580.^[1]^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 278. (in Latin)
^ Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | pp. 21–26
^ ^a ^b Los Obispos Latinoamericanos - Defensa Del Indio Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine pp. 30–31 | retrieved November 17, 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 14, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francisco Andrés de Carvajal	Bishop of Puerto Rico 1570–1576	Succeeded by Diego de Salamanca
Preceded by Francisco de Abrego	Bishop of Panamá 1576–1580	Succeeded by Bartolomé de Ledesma