Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla

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name = Francisco Cardinal Mendoza de Bobadilla †|
| See = Diocese of Burgos | Title = Bishop of Burgos,Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio | Period = February 28,1550—December 1, 1566 | cardinal = December 19, 1544 | Predecessor = Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo,O.P. | Successor = Francisco Pacheco de Villena | post = Bishop of Coria | date of birth = Birth date|1508|9|25|mf=y | place of birth = Cuenca, Spain| date of death = Death date and age|1566|12|1|1508|9|25| place of death = Arcos de la Llana in the Diocese of Burgos,Spain

Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla (September 25,1508 - December 1, 1566 [26 and 28 November and 3 of December are also reported as dates of his death.] ) was a Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Biography

He was born in Cuenca, the son of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, first marquis of Cañete and Viceroy of Navarre during the reign of King Charles V. He studied in the universities of Alcalá de Henares and Salamanca, and subsequently taught at Salamanca, Evora and Coimbra.

In 1533 Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla was elected bishop of Coria on with dispensation for not having yet reached the canonical age of 27.

He was created cardinal priest on the consistory of December 19 1544 by Pope Paul III and opted to the title of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1549-1550. The new Pope Julius III opted him for the title of S. Eusebio (1550) and promoted him to the Diocese of Burgos, Spain on June 27 1550.

He resided in the Spanish court for a long time and he had been sent by King Felipe II in different missions. Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla died in 1566 in Arcos de la Llana, near Burgos.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1544.htm#Mendoza The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church-Biographical Dictionary]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmebo.html Catholic hierarchy data]