Alonso De Fonseca Y Acevedo
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Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (also Alonso II de Fonseca) (1440 – 12 March 1512) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela The Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Compostela ( la, Archidioecesis Compostellana), is the senior of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.Archbishop of Seville (1465–1469).Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo"
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Biography

In 1460, Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by
Pope Pius II Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...
as
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela The Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Compostela ( la, Archidioecesis Compostellana), is the senior of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.Pope Paul II Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...
as Archbishop of Seville. On 24 May 1493, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VI as
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela The Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Compostela ( la, Archidioecesis Compostellana), is the senior of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.Catherine of Aragon on her marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales. The others were
Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza (died 11 August 1525), 3rd Count of Cabra, was a Castilian nobleman. He served with distinction during the war in which the Emirate of Granada was conquered by the forces of Castile and Aragon, and subseque ...
, 3rd Count of Cabra, and
Antonio de Rojas Manrique Antonio de Rojas Manrique (died 27 June 1527) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of the West Indies (1524–1527), ''(in Latin)'' Bishop of Burgos (1525–1527), ''(in Latin)'' Bishop of Palencia (1524–1525), ''(in Latin)'' Ar ...
, bishop of Mallorca. He died in 1512.


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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1512 deaths 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain Bishops appointed by Pope Pius II Bishops appointed by Pope Paul II Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VI University of Salamanca alumni 1440 births {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub