Alonso Velázquez (1533 – 14 January 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1583–1587) and
Bishop of Osma
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(1578–1583).
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Biography
Alonso Velázquez was born in Tudela del Duero,
Spain
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.
On 13 June 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) 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 commissioning and being the namesake ...
as
Bishop of Osma
The Diocese of Osma-Soria () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos. Its cathedral ...
.
In September 1578, he was consecrated bishop by
Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela,
Archbishop of Toledo
The Archdiocese of Toledo () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Spain. .
On 9 March 1583, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.
He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 14 January 1587.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of
Pedro Fernández Temiño,
Bishop of Ávila
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.
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16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain
1533 births
1587 deaths
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII
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