Pablo de Torres (bishop)


Pablo de Torres was a Roman Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Panamá from 1546 to 1560.

Biography

Pablo de Torres was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On January 27, 1546, Pope Paul III appointed him Bishop of Panamá. On December 15, 1553, Jerónimo de Loayza, Archbishop of Lima, initiated a case for his removal from his duties due to administrative incompetency and the failure to protect the Indians from abuse and enslavement. Pablo de Torres returned to Rome in 1554 where he is said to have died in 1560.