Juan Solano

The Right Rev. Lord Brother

Juan Solano, O.P.
Bishop Emeritus of Cuzco
Solano sealing the marriage of Sayri Túpac (from the Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala)
ProvinceSeville (1544–1546); Lima (1546–1562)
SeeCuzco
In office29 February 1544–1562
PredecessorVincente de Valverde y Alvarez de Toledo, O.P.
SuccessorFrancisco Ramírez
Orders
Ordinationc. 1530
Consecration24 October 1546
by Archbishop Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P.
Personal details
Bornc. 1505
Died14 January 1580
Rome, Papal States
BuriedBasilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy

Juan Solano, O.P. (c. 1505 – 1580), was a Spanish Dominican missionary and the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Cuzco, Peru (1544–1562).[1]

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 184. (in Latin)