Most Reverend

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
In office1607–1625
PredecessorDiego de Romano y Govea
SuccessorGutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós
Orders
ConsecrationJune 1599
Personal details
Born18 May 1546
México
Died16 March 1625
Tlaxcala, México
Previous post(s)Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1580–1597)

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar (18 May 1546 – 16 March 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) (1607–1625),[1] Bishop of Guadalajara (1598–1607),[2] and Bishop Elect of Nicaragua (1594–1595).

Biography

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar was born in México on 18 May 1546.[3][4] On 31 March 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua but resigned in 1595.[3] On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Guadalajara.[2][3] In June 1599, he was consecrated bishop[3] On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles).[1][3] He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) until his death on 16 March 1625.[1][3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan de Cervantes (bishop), Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1609), and Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, Bishop of Chiapas (1613).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 338. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 198. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  4. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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