Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| type =
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
| title = Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
| image = ALONSO DE FONSECA Y ACEVEDO (1460-1464), o Fonseca el Joven.jpg
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| caption = ALONSO DE FONSECA Y ACEVEDO (1460-1464), o Fonseca el Joven
| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
| diocese =
| see =
| term = 1469–1507
| predecessor = Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa
| successor = Alonso III Fonseca
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| birth_date = 1440
| birth_place = Salamanca
| death_date = 12 March 1512
| death_place = Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| previous_post = Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1460–1465)
Archbishop of Seville (1465–1469)
| nationality = Spanish
}}
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (also Alonso II de Fonseca) (1440 – 12 March 1512) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1460–1465 and 1469–1507), and Archbishop of Seville (1465–1469).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfonyac.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo"] retrieved January 23, 2016
Biography
In 1460, Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius II as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. In 1465, he was appointed by Pope Paul II as Archbishop of Seville. On 24 May 1493, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela from which he resigned in 1507.
He was one of the three ambassadors to England that left on 26 August 1501 to accompany princess Catherine of Aragon on her marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales.
The others were Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Cabra, and Antonio de Rojas Manrique, bishop of Mallorca.{{citation |url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/22792/diego-fernandez-de-cordoba-y-mendoza |access-date=2019-08-11 |language=es |last=Molina Recio |first=Raúl |title=Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |year=2018}}
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsevi.html }} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sevi0.htm}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dscom.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ztia0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1st time)
| years = 1460–1465
| before = Rodrigo de Luna
| after = Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa}}
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| title = Archbishop of Seville
| years = 1465–1469
| before = Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa
| after = Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa}}
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| title = Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (2nd time)
| years = 1469–1507
| before = Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa
| after = Alonso III Fonseca}}
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