Rodrigo de Ávila (died February 1492) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Plasencia
The Diocese of Plasencia () is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz, Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain. (1470–1492).
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Biography
On 29 January 1470, Rodrigo de Ávila was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul II
Pope Paul 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 1471. When his maternal uncle became Pope Eugene IV, Barbo switched fr ...
as
Bishop of Plasencia
The Diocese of Plasencia () is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz, Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain. .
He served as Bishop of Plasencia until his death in February 1492.
See also
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Catholic Church in Spain
The Spanish Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Spain, is part of the Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Holy See, Rome, and the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 establishes the non- ...
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15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Castile
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul II
1492 deaths
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