| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza | |
| Bishop of Michoacán | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Michoacán |
| Term: | 1704–1708 |
| Predecessor: | García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz |
| Successor: | Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero |
| Consecration: | 19 May 1704 |
| Consecrated By: | García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz |
| Birth Date: | 1649 |
| Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
| Death Date: | 15 May 1708 (age 59) |
| Death Place: | Michoacán, Mexico |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Durango (1701–1704) |
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (1649–1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1704–1708) and Bishop of Durango (1701–1704).[1]
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza was born in Lima, Peru, although some sources say Lerma, in 1649 son of Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza and Ana María de Laínez de Morales who where married in Lima in 1639. His brother Pedro de Escalante Mendoza y Laínez was the count of Loja[2] [3] On 3 October 1701, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Durango.[4] On October 28, 1618, he was consecrated bishop by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz, Bishop of Michoacán. On September 17, 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Michoacán; and installed on 27 June 1704. He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 15 May 1708.