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Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Juan de Urteaga

Died
  
8 September 1540

In office
  
1540

Successor
  
Bartolomé de las Casas

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

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

Biography

On 16 Jul 1540, Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Chiapas. He died as before he was consecrated bishop on 8 Sep 1540.

References

Juan de Arteaga y Avendaño Wikipedia