| Honorific-Prefix: | Servant of God |
| Antonio de Valdivieso | |
| Bishop of Nicaragua | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Nicaragua |
| Term: | 1544–1549 |
| Predecessor: | Francisco de Mendavia |
| Successor: | Fernando González de Bariodero |
| Consecration: | 8 Nov 1544 |
| Consecrated By: | Bartolomé de las Casas |
| Birth Date: | 1495 |
| Birth Place: | Burgos, Spain |
| Death Date: | 26 Feb 1549 |
| Death Place: | León, Nicaragua |
| Honorific-Suffix: | OP |
Antonio de Valdivieso (born 1495 died 26 Feb 1549) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicaragua (1544–1549).[1] [2]
Antonio de Valdivieso was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[3] On 29 Feb 1544, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 8 Nov 1544, he was consecrated bishop by Bartolomé de las Casas, with Francisco Marroquín Hurtado, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala, and Cristóbal de Pedraza, Bishop of Comayagua, serving as co-consecrators. As he was very concerned for the wellbeing of the Indians and the abuses practiced under the encomienda system, he attracted the ire of the governor, who libeled his character in Granada.[4] > Hernando de Contreras, the son of the governor, roused an angry mob, went to Valdivieso's home, and subsequently stabbed the Valdivieso to death on 26 Feb 1549.