Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño | |
Bishop-Elect of Chiapas | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Chiapas |
Term: | 1540 |
Predecessor: | Juan de Urteaga |
Successor: | Bartolomé de las Casas |
Birth Place: | Estepa, Spain |
Death Date: | 8 Sep 1540 |
Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (died 1540) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed the second Bishop of Chiapas (1540).
Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño was born in Estepa, Spain. On 16 Jul 1540, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Chiapas. He died before he was consecrated bishop on 8 Sep 1540.