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Juan de Labrada

Colombian Catholic priest

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ33308766 ↗
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Juan de Labrada, O.P. (died 1613) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena (1597–1613).

Biography

Juan de Labrada was born in Granada, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.

On 29 Jan 1597, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Cartagena.

On Dec 1597, he was consecrated bishop by Domingo de Ulloa, Bishop of Popayán.

He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 22 Jul 1613.

References

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]

Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cartagena".

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