Alfonso de Talavera,
O.S.H.
The Hieronymites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome ( la, Ordo Sancti Hieronymi; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic enclosed religious orders, cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks livi ...
or Alfonso de Guzman was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first
Bishop of Comayagua
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country. (1531–1540).
Biography
Alfonso de Talavera was ordained a priest in the
Order of Saint Jerome
The Hieronymites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome ( la, Ordo Sancti Hieronymi; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic enclosed religious orders, cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks livi ...
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In September 1531, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...
as
Bishop of Comayagua
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country. .
He served as Bishop of Comayagua until his resignation in 1540.
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16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Honduras
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VII
Hieronymite bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Comayagua
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