Diego de Torres Bello (Villalpando, 1551-Chuquisaca Department, 1638) was a Jesuit father who created the first Jesuit missions in Paraguay. He was in Castile and in 1581 traveled to Peru for the Society of Jesus. There he served in the Juli District and oversaw the Jesuit colleges in Cusco, Quito and Potosí. In 1604 he became the first provincial of the newly created province of Paraguay and Chile, based in Córdoba, Argentina, a position he held until 1615. He founded the first Jesuit reduction in 1609. He was fluent in the Aymara language, Guarani, and Quechua.