 Before Las Casas returned to Spain, he was also appointed as Bishop of Chiapas, a newly established diocese of which he took possession in 1545 upon his return to the New World.He was consecrated in the Dominican Church of San Pablo on March 30, 1544.As Archbishop Loaysa strongly disliked Las Casas, the ceremony was officiated by Loaysa's nephew, Diego de Loaysa, Bishop of Modruš, with Pedro Torres, Titular Bishop of "Arbanum", and Cristóbal de Pedraza, Bishop of Comayagua, as co-consecrators.