Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Palencia)

{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic prelate}}

{{Distinguish | Francisco Mendoza (footballer)|Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Jaén)}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Francisco Mendoza

| title = Bishop of Palencia

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Palencia

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| 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).

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