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Alonso Guzmán y Talavera

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Church
  
Catholic Church

In office
  
1577

Successor
  
Francisco de Ovanda

Diocese
  
Diocese of Trujillo

Predecessor
  
None

Alonso Guzmán y Talavera, O.S.H. was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed the first Bishop of Trujillo (1577).

Biography

Alonso Guzmán y Talavera was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome. In 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Trujillo. He was consecrated bishop but then immediately resigned from his posting for which the reason is not known.

References

Alonso Guzmán y Talavera Wikipedia