Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P. (died June 25, 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1587–1592) and Bishop of Comayagua (1578–1587). (in Latin)"Bishop Alfonso de la Cerda, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Biography Alfonso de la Cerda was born in Caceres, Spain and moved to the United States to make a living but - discouraged by the morality of his fellow migrants - he left and entered the convent of San Rosario in Lima where he was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in 1545.Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske Volume 1 He was elected prior of the convents of Porto Bello, Arequipa, and Lima, and then preacher-general of Peru, and finally provincial of Peru where he established a requirement that all missionaries have some knowledge of Indian languages. In 1573, he was sent to Rome to represent the interests of the Dominicans of Peru. On January 13, 1578, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Comayagua. On November 6, 1587, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas. In 1588, he founded a convent of his order in Chuquisaca. He served as Bishop La Plata o Charcas until his death on June 25, 1592, in Chuquisaca.
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