Juan Méndez de Villafranca explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Juan Méndez de Villafranca
Bishop of Santa Marta
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Santa Marta
Term:	1577
Predecessor:	Juan de los Barrios
Successor:	Sebastián Ocando
Birth Place:	Villafranca de los Barros, Spain
Death Date:	Dec 1577

Juan Méndez de Villafranca, O.P. (died 1577) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santa Marta (1577).^[1]

Biography

Juan Méndez de Villafranca was born in Villafranca de los Barros, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[2] On 14 Apr 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Santa Marta.He served as Bishop of Santa Marta until his death in Dec 1577.

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Santa Marta. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Diocese of Santa Marta (Colombia). GCatholic.org. March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 236. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Juan Méndez de Villafranca, O.P.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.