Álvaro de Mendoza (bishop)


Álvaro de Mendoza, O.F.M. or Alvaro Mendoza was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaca and Bishop of L'Aquila.

Biography

Álvaro de Mendoza was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
On 14 November 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of L'Aquila.
On 20 November 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Benedetto Bragadin, Archbishop of Corfu, and Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, serving as co-consecrators.
On 29 May 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Jaca.
He served as Bishop of Jaca until his death in 1631.