Bishop Bartolomé de las Casas
Also known as
- Apostle of the West Indies
- Bartolomé de las Casaus
- Protector of the Indians
Profile
Ordained in 1510. Dominican friar in 1523. First Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, serving from 19 December 1543 to 11 September 1550. Historian and social reformer who recorded the history and condition of the peoples in his diocese and the West Indies. His Cause for Canonization has opened.
Born
- 11 November 1474 in Seville, Spain
- 18 July 1566 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes
- buried at the Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid
MLA Citation
- “Bishop Bartolomé de las Casas“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 October 2017. Web. 1 April 2020. <>