Alonso Manso

Most Reverend

Alonso Manso
Bishop of Puerto Rico
Memorial plaque at Cathedral of San Juan, Puerto Rico
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Puerto Rico
PredecessorNone
SuccessorRodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera
Previous post(s)Bishop of Magua (1504–1511)
Orders
ConsecrationMarch 3, 1512
by Diego Labeaga
Personal details
Born1460
DiedSeptember 27, 1539 (age 79)
San Juan Bautista

Alonso Manso (1460 – September 27, 1539) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Puerto Rico (1511–1539),[1] and first Bishop of Magua (1504–1511),[2] and as the eighth governor of Puerto Rico.

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 278. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 232 (see Magarinen-note 1). (in Latin)