Alfonso de Fonseca explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alfonso de Fonseca
Bishop of Osma
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Osma
Term:1493–1505
Predecessor:Raffaele Sansone Riario
Successor:Alfonso Enríquez
Consecration:25 February 1470
Consecrated By:Giacopo Antonio Venier
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Toro, Zamora[2]
Death Place:Seville
Previous Post:Bishop of Ávila (1469–1485)
Bishop of Cuenca (1485–1493)
Nationality:Spanish

Alfonso de Fonseca (1422 - 1505) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Osma (1493–1505), Bishop of Cuenca (1485–1493),[3] and Bishop of Ávila (1469–1485).[4]

Biography

Alfonso was the first son of Pedro de Ulloa y Fonesca and Isabel de Quijada.[2]

On 29 January 1469, in order to thank his services to the Spanish crown,[1] Alfonso was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Paul II as Bishop of Ávila. On 25 February 1470, he was ordained bishop by Giacopo Antonio Venier, Bishop of Cuenca; Giovanni Gianderoni, Bishop of Città di Castello; and Corrado Marcellini, Bishop of Montefeltro. On 26 August 1485, he was appointed by Pope Innocent VIII as Bishop of Cuenca. On 24 May 1493, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Osma, where he served until his death in 1505.

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Notes and References

  1. Una impresa por Gullién de Brocar en 1498. José. Pérez. Príncipe de Viana. LXIV. 228. 2003. 15 February 2022. es.
  2. Alonso de Fonseca, Obispo de Ávila, Cuenca y Osma, y el Ascenso de un Linaje de exiliados portugueses en la Castilla de los Siglos XV y XVI. Máximo. Hernando. 12 July 2021. Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. I. 34. 227 - 262. 10.5944/etfiii.34.2021.30045. 10261/250775 . free. free.
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfonsecal.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Alfonso de Fonseca "
  4. Book: Companion to Music in the Age of the Catholic Monarchs. 2016. 9789004329324. 289. BRILL . 13 December 2021.