Hernando de Luque was a
Spanish priest who travelled to the
New World in the 16th century. He arrived in 1514 with the expedition of
Pedrarias Dávila to
Panama, where he met
Francisco Pizarro. Luque financed a joint expedition by Pizarro and
Diego de Almagro to
Peru in 1526. After the successful conquest of the
Inca territory, he was eventually named Bishop of
Tumbes and "Protector of the Indians" in 1529