Juan de los Barrios


Juan de los Barrios y Toledo, OFM was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada,,
Bishop of Santa Marta,
and the first Bishop of Paraguay.

Biography

Juan de los Barrios was born in Villa de Peloche, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
On July 1, 1547, Pope Paul III appointed him the first Bishop of Paraguay.
He was consecrated by Juan Martínez Silíceo, Archbishop of Toledo.
On April 2, 1552, he was appointed by Pope Julius III as Bishop of Santa Marta.
On March 22, 1564, Pope Pius IV appointed him the first Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.
He died on February 12, 1569.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan de Simancas Simancas, Bishop of Cartagena and Pedro de Ágreda Sánchez Martín, Bishop of Coro.