Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Palencia)
{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic prelate}}
{{Distinguish | Francisco Mendoza (footballer)|Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Jaén)}}
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| name = Francisco Mendoza
| title = Bishop of Palencia
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = Diocese of Palencia
| see =
| term = 1534–1536
| predecessor = Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando
| successor = Luis Cabeza de Vaca
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| death_date = 29 March 1536
| death_place = Palencia, Spain
| previous_post = Bishop of Oviedo (1525–1527)
Bishop of Zamora (1527–1534)
| nationality = Spanish
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Francisco Mendoza (died 29 March 1536) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Palencia (1534–1536),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/266|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=267|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
Bishop of Zamora (1527–1534),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/338|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=339|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
and Bishop of Oviedo (1525–1527).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/264|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=265|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
Biography
On 6 November 1525, Francisco Mendoza was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Oviedo.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francisco Mendoza |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmendf.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Francisco Mendoza |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pale4.htm#19614 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 3 April 1527, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Zamora.
On 18 January 1534, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Palencia.
He served as Bishop of Palencia until his death on 29 March 1536.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Fernando Valdés, Bishop of Elne (1529) and Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera, Bishop of Coro (1532); and was the principal co-consecrator of Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panamá (1534).
References
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dovie.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Archdiocese of Oviedo (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ovie0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Zamora|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dzams.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Zamora (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zamo0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Palencia|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpale.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Palencia (Spain)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pale4.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Oviedo
| years = 1525–1527
| before = Diego de Muros
| after = Diego Acuña}}
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| title = Bishop of Zamora
| years = 1527–1534
| before = Antonio Acuña
| after = Pedro Manuel}}
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| title = Diocese of Palencia
| years = 1534–1536
| before = Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando
| after = Luis Cabeza de Vaca}}
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