Alfonso Merchante de Valeria explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alfonso Merchante de Valeria
Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1582–1605
Predecessor:Georg Neumann (bishop)
Successor:Leonard Abel
Consecration:1563
Consecrated By:Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla
Birth Date:1513
Death Date:1581 (age 68)
Death Place:Burgos, Spain

Alfonso Merchante de Valeria (1513–1581) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (1563–1581) and Titular Bishop of Sidon (1563–1581).[1]

Biography

On 15 October 1563, Alfonso Merchante de Valeria was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos and Titular Bishop of Sidon. In 1563, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla, Bishop of Burgos. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos until his death in 1581. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Sebastián Lartaún, Bishop of Cuzco (1571); Antonio Manrique Valencia, Bishop of Pamplona (1575); Gaspar Juan de la Figuera, Bishop of Jaca (1578); Miguel Rubio, Bishop of Ampurias e Civita (1579); and Miguel Espinosa, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1580)

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmerch.html "Bishop Alfonso Merchante de Valeria"