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Most Reverend Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Bishop of Panama
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Panamá
In Office 1676–1688
Predecessor Antonio de León y Becerra
Successor Diego Ladrón de Guevara
Orders
Consecration 1669
by Antonio Sanz Lozano
Personal details
Born 1624
Santa Fe de Bogotá
Died March 29, 1688 (age 64)
Panama City
Parents Domingo Hernández de Soto Piedrahita (father)
Catalina de Collantes (mother)
Previous post Bishop of Santa Marta (1668–1676)

Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1624, Bogotá – March 29, 1688) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Panamá (1676–1688) and the Bishop of Santa Marta (1668–1676).

Biography

Lucas Fernández de Soto Piedrahita was born in Santa Fe de Bogotá as son of Domingo Hernández de Soto Piedrahita and Catalina de Collantes. He had one brother and two sisters: Gregorio Hernández de Collantes, María Sayago and Maria Fernández de Piedrahita and his mother was of Inca descent. On February 27, 1668, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Santa Marta. In 1669, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanz Lozano, Bishop of Cartagena. On November 16, 1676, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Panamá. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on March 29, 1688. He was the principal consecrator of Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa, Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.

Muisca

Fernández de Piedrahita has contributed extensively on the knowledge about the Muisca, the inhabitants of Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the arrival of the Spanish.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Lucas Fernández de Piedrahíta para niños

  • List of Muisca scholars
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