Juan de Ortega (bishop of Chiapas)

(c. 1495 – August 1557)[1] was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed the first Bishop of Chiapas (1539–1540).

[2] Juan de Ortega was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome.

[3] On 30 Mar 1539, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Chiapas.

[3] He has been proposed as the author of Lazarillo de Tormes.

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