| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Francisco de Vitoria | |
| Bishop of Córdoba | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Córdoba |
| Term: | 1578–1592 |
| Predecessor: | Jerónimo de Villa Carrillo |
| Successor: | Fernando Trexo y Senabria |
| Consecration: | 18 November 1578 |
| Birth Date: | 1540 |
| Death Date: | 1592 |
| Death Place: | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Baptised: | 13 April 1540 |
| Alma Mater: | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Honorific Suffix: | O.P. |
Don Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. (1540 - 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1578–1592).[1] [2] [3]
Francisco de Vitoria attended Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcaláwas (Modern name Complutense University of Madrid).[4] He was ordained as a priest in the Order of Preachers.[5] On 13 January 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Córdoba. On 18 November 1578, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death in 1592.
De Vitoria's family was of Jewish heritage and his father, Duarte Nunez, was a New Christian.[6] He was the brother of Abraham Curiel and the paternal uncle of Jacob Curiel.[7]