Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Mota and the second or maternal family name is Escobar.
Most Reverend

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
In office1607–1625
PredecessorDiego de Romano y Govea
SuccessorGutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós
Previous post(s)Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1580–1597)
Orders
ConsecrationJune 1599
Personal details
Born18 May 1546
México
Died16 March 1625
Tlaxcala, México

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar (18 May 1546 – 16 March 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) (1607–1625),[1] Bishop of Guadalajara (1598–1607),[2] and Bishop Elect of Nicaragua (1594–1595).

  1. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 338. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 198. (in Latin)