Francisco de Mendavia
{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| name = Francisco de Mendavia
| title = Bishop of Nicaragua
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| diocese = Diocese of Nicaragua
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| term = 1537–1540
| predecessor = Diego Alvarez de Osorio
| successor = Antonio de Valdivieso
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| consecration = 2 August 1538
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| death_date = 6 October 1540
| death_place = León, Nicaragua
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Francisco de Mendavia (died 6 October 1540) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of Nicaragua (1537–1540).{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/256/mode/2up |first=Konrad |last=Eubel |authorlink=Konrad Eubel |title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III |pages=256–257 |date=1923 |publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana |location=Münster |edition=Second |language=la}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mendavia.es/es/lugarygente/historia/personajes/ |title=Fray Francisco de Mendavia |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Mendavia |date=12 July 2013 |accessdate=16 March 2016 |language=es |archive-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712124924/http://www.mendavia.es/es/lugarygente/historia/personajes/ |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Francisco de Mendavia was ordained a monk in the Order of Saint Jerome{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francisco de Mendavia, O.S.H.|website=Catholic-Hierarchy|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmenf.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS and served as prior of the Monastery of La Victoria in Salamanca.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zs3pF6_bMSEC&pg=PA42 |first=Ricardo |last=Blanco Segura |title=Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica |year=1984 |page= |publisher=EUNED |isbn=9789977640792 |via=Google Books}} On 5 December 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Nicaragua. On 2 August 1538, he was consecrated bishop, a post he held until his death on 6 October 1540.
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web |last=Cheney |first=David M. |title=Diocese of León en Nicaragua |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |date= |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dleni.html |accessdate=15 June 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Gabriel |title=Diocese of León (Nicaragua) |website=GCatholic |date= |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/leon2.htm |accessdate=15 June 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nicaragua
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of León in Nicaragua
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