CABEZAS ALTAMIRANO, Juan de las (kah-bay'-thas), Cuban prelate, born in Zamora, Spain, in the latter part of the 16th century ; died in 1615. He was appointed bishop of Cuba and Florida in February, 1602. In April, 1604, while visiting his diocese in the eastern part of Cuba, he was surprised near Yara by the French pirate, Gilbert Giron, who held him and his suite in captivity for eighty days. He was ransomed, and the peasants afterward fell on Giron and his troops, routed them, and killed the pirate. Cabezas was the first bishop that ever visited Florida. He was appointed, in 1610, bishop of Guatemala, and afterward bishop of Arequipa, Perú, but died before assuming that office.

CABEZAS ALTAMIRAN0, Juan de las (kah-bay'-thas), Cuban prelate, born in Zamora, Spain, in the latter part of the 16th century ; died in 1615. He was appointed bishop of Cuba and Florida in February, 1602. In April, 1604, while visiting his diocese in the eastern part of Cuba, he was surprised near Yara by the French pirate, Gilbert Giron, who held him and his suite in captivity for eighty days. He was ransomed, and the peasants afterward fell on Giron and his troops, routed them, and killed the pirate. Cabezas was the first bishop that ever visited Florida. He was appointed, in 1610, bishop of Guatemala, and afterward bishop of Arequipa, Peru, but died before assuming that office.