Most Reverend García Díaz Arias |
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Bishop of Quito | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Quito |
In office | 1546–1562 |
Predecessor | None |
Successor | Pedro de la Peña |
Orders | |
Consecration | 5 June 1547 by Juan Solano |
Personal details | |
Died | 1562 Quito, Ecuador |
García Díaz Arias (died 1562) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Quito (1546–1562).
On 8 January 1546, García Díaz Arias was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Quito. On 5 June 1547, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Solano, Bishop of Cuzco. He served as Bishop of Quito until his death in 1562.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martín de Calatayud, Bishop of Santa Marta (1547).