Alvaro Moscoso

{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic prelate}}

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Alvaro Moscoso

| title = Bishop of Zamora

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Zamora

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| term = 1561–1564

| predecessor = Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz

| successor = Juan Manuel de la Cerda

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| birth_date = 1493

| birth_place = Cáceres, Spain

| death_date = 1564 (age 71)

| death_place = Zamora, Spain

| previous_post = Bishop of Pamplona (1550–1561)

| nationality = Spanish

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Alvaro Moscoso (1493 – 1564) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1561–1564) and Bishop of Pamplona (1550–1561).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmosco.html "Bishop Alvaro Moscoso"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpamp.html "Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pamp0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

Biography

Alvaro Moscoso was born in Cáceres, Spain in 1493.

On 27 June 1550, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Pamplona.

On 2 June 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Zamora.

He served as Bishop of Zamora until his death in 1564.

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