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Francisco de Ovanda

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Successor
  
Jeronimo de Carcamo

In office
  
1577

Predecessor
  
Alonso Guzmán y Talavera

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo

Francisco de Ovanda, O.F.M. or Franciscus de Ovanda was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of Trujillo (1577).

Biography

Francisco de Ovanda was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 15 Apr 1577, after the sudden resignation of his predecessor, Alonso Guzmán y Talavera, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Trujillo. He was never consecrated bishop.

References

Francisco de Ovanda Wikipedia