Martín de Córdoba Mendoza,
O.P. (1512–1581) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Córdoba (1578–1581),
Bishop of Plasencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia ( la, Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain. (1574–1578), and
Bishop of Tortosa
The bishop of Tortosa is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa in Catalonia, Spain. (1560–1574).
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Biography
Martín de Córdoba Mendoza was born in
Córdoba, Spain
Córdoba (; ),, Arabic: قُرطبة DIN: . or Cordova () in English, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It is the third most populated municipality in Andalusia and the 11th overall in the country.
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on 3 November 1512 and ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...
.
On 17 July 1560, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Pius IV as
Bishop of Tortosa
The bishop of Tortosa is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa in Catalonia, Spain. .
On 4 June 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...
as
Bishop of Plasencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia ( la, Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain. .
On 13 June 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as
Bishop of Córdoba.
He served as Bishop of Córdoba until his death on 5 June 1581.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of
Lorenzo Figueroa Córdoba,
Bishop of Sigüenza (1579); and
Jerónimo Manrique de Lara,
Bishop of Salamanca
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References
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16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius IV
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII
1512 births
1581 deaths
Dominican bishops
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