Tomás Casillas

16th-century Roman Catholic bishop

Most Reverend Tomás Casillas
Bishop of Chiapas
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1552–1567
Predecessor	Bartolomé de las Casas
Successor	Pedro Martín Fernández
Orders
Consecration	1552 by Francisco Marroquín Hurtado
Personal details
Born	León, Spain
Died	29 Oct 1567

Tomás Casillas, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiapas (1552–1567).^[1]

Biography

Tomás Casillas was born in León, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Preachers.^[2] On 19 Jan 1551, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Chiapas.^[1]^[2] In 1552, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Marroquín Hurtado, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala^[2] In 1555, he attended the First Mexican Provincial Council.^[3]

Casillas died on 29 Oct 1567.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 165. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Tomás Casillas, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019. ^{[self-published]}
^ Dussel, Enrique (1981). A History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492-1979). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8028-2131-7.

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 2, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}