Bartolome de las casas biography summary
Bartolome de las casas biography summary
Bartolome de las casas map.
Bartolomé de las Casas
Spanish clergyman and writer (1484–1566)
"Las Casas" and "de las Casas" redirect here. For other uses, see Las Casas (disambiguation).
Servant of God Bartolomé de las Casas OP | |
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| Province | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| See | Chiapas |
| Installed | 13 March 1544 |
| Term ended | 11 September 1550 |
| Other post(s) | Protector of the Indians |
| Ordination | 1510 |
| Consecration | 30 March 1554 by Bishop Diego de Loaysa, O.R.S.A. |
| Born | Bartolomé de las Casas 11 November 1484 Or 1474 Seville, Crown of Castile |
| Died | 18 July 1566 (aged 81 or 91) Madrid, Spain |
| Buried | Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Encomienda owner, priest, missionary, bishop, writer, polemicist,abolitionist. |
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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP (lahss KAH-səss; Spanish pronunciation:[baɾtoloˈmeðelasˈkasas]); 11 November 1484[1] – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyma