Álvaro de Mendoza (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Álvaro de Mendoza
Bishop of Jaca
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Jaca
Term:1628–1631
Predecessor:José Palafox Palafox
Successor:Vicente Domec
Consecration:20 November 1622
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Death Date:1631
Death Place:Jaca, Spain
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Álvaro de Mendoza, O.F.M. or Alvaro Mendoza (died 1631) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaca (1628–1631) and earlier as Bishop of L'Aquila (1622–1628).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Álvaro de Mendoza was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 14 November 1622, he was appointed Bishop of Aquila by Pope Paul V.On 20 November 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Benedetto Bragadin, Archbishop of Corfu, and Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, serving as co-consecrators. On 29 May 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Jaca.He served as Bishop of Jaca until his death in 1631.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmenda.html "Bishop Alvaro Mendoza, O.F.M."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djacs.html "Diocese of Jacao"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jaca0.htm "Diocese of Jaca"