Pedro Suárez de Deza

Pedro Suárez de Deza (Died March 17, 1523) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Concepción de la Vega,[1] one of the first three Roman Catholic bishops in the Americas.

On November 15, 1504, Pedro Suárez de Deza was appointed the first and only Archbishop of Hyaguata.

[2] On August 8, 1511, Pope Julius II issued a new papal bull, Pontifax Romanus, which extinguished the previously granted ecclesiastical province and its dioceses and reassigned their delegated bishops.

[1] (His compatriots, Father Alonso Manso, Bishop Elect of Magua, was reassigned to the Diocese of Puerto Rico; and Francisco Garcia de Padilla, Bishop Elect of Bayuna, was reassigned to the Diocese of Santo Domingo).

[2] He served as Bishop of Concepción de la Vega until his death on March 17, 1523.