Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño (died 1540) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed the second

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(1540).

Biography

Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño was born in

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. On 16 Jul 1540, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. He died before he was consecrated bishop on 8 Sep 1540.

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