Diego de Sarmiento

Most Reverend Diego de Sarmiento
Bishop of Santiago de Cuba
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Santiago de Cuba
In office	1536–1544
Predecessor	Miguel Ramírez de Salamanca
Successor	Fernando de Uranga
Orders
Consecration	1536
Personal details
Born	Burgos, Spain
Died	30 May 1547 Sevilla, Spain

Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (died 30 May 1547) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1536–1544).

Biography

Diego de Sarmiento was born in Burgos, Spain and ordained a priest in the Carthusian Order. On 20 October 1535, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba. In 1536, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation in 1544. He died on 30 May 1547 in Sevilla, Spain.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}