Church Catholic Church Successor Luis Cabeza de Vaca | In office 1534-1536 Nationality Spanish | |
Predecessor Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando Previous post Bishop of Oviedo (1525-1527)
Bishop of Zamora (1527–1534) Died 29 March 1536, Palencia, Spain Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia | ||
Francisco Mendoza (died 29 Mar 1536) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Palencia (1534-1536), Bishop of Zamora (1527–1534), and Bishop of Oviedo (1525-1527).
Biography
On 6 Nov 1525, Francisco Mendoza was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Oviedo. On 3 Apr 1527, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Oviedo. On 18 Jan 1534, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Palencia He served as Bishop of Palencia until his death on 29 Mar 1536. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Fernando Valdés, Bishop of Elne (1529) and Rodrigo de Bastidas y Rodriguez de Romera, Bishop of Coro (1532); and was the principal co-consecrator of Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panamá (1534).