Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487 – 8 August 1551) was the fourth Bishop of Panamá.

[3] On February 11, 1534, Pope Clement VII appointed him Bishop of Panama.

[3] In 1535, he sailed to Peru to settle a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro over division of territory after the conquest of the Inca Empire.

[4]: 388  His ship stalled when the winds died and strong currents carried him out to the Galápagos Islands which he thus discovered on March 10, 1535.

He sent an account of the adventure and discovery to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain.