Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Alvaro Moscoso | |
Bishop of Zamora | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Zamora |
Term: | 1561–1564 |
Predecessor: | Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz |
Successor: | Juan Manuel de la Cerda |
Birth Date: | 1493 |
Birth Place: | Cáceres, Spain |
Death Date: | 1564 (age 71) |
Death Place: | Zamora, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Pamplona (1550–1561) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Alvaro Moscoso (1493 – 1564) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1561–1564) and Bishop of Pamplona (1550–1561).[1] [2] [3]
Alvaro Moscoso was born in Cáceres, Spain in 1493.On 27 June 1550, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Pamplona.On 2 June 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Zamora.He served as Bishop of Zamora until his death in 1564.