Religion in the Canary Islands subdued on the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro will be baptized, as well as their followers. In 1424, Pope Martin V erected in Betancuria the "Bishopric of Fuerteventura", which encompassed all the Canary Islands except the island of Lanzarote. This bishopric was abolished just seven years after it was created in 1431. In the mid-fifteenth century there is evidence of the presence of Christian missionaries in the western Canary Islands, because around 1450 is based in the area of the modern municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife a hermitage consisting of three friars led by friar Alfonso
Canary Islands third tallest volcano on Earth on a volcanic ocean island. All the islands except La Gomera have been active in the last million years; four of them (Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro) have historical records of eruptions since European discovery. The islands rise from Jurassic oceanic crust associated with the opening of the Atlantic. Underwater magmatism commenced during the Cretaceous, and reached the ocean's surface during the Miocene. The islands are considered as a distinct physiographic section of the Atlas Mountains province, which in turn is part of the larger African Alpine System division. In the summer of