title: Diego de Sarmiento
text: # Diego de Sarmiento
  
  Diego de Sarmiento, O.Cart. (died 30 May 1547) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1536–1544).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Diego de Sarmiento was born in Burgos, Spain and ordained a priest in the Carthusian Order. On 20 October 1535, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba. In 1536, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his resignation in 1544. He died on 30 May 1547 in Sevilla, Spain.
  
  