Mendo de Benavides

Most Reverend Mendo de Benavides
Bishop of Cartagena
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cartagena
In office	1640–1644
Predecessor	Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola
Successor	Juan Vélez de Valdivielso
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Segovia (1533–1540)
Orders
Consecration	1 January 1634 by Juan Arauz Díaz
Personal details
Born	1569 Santisteban del Puerto, Spain
Died	17 October 1644 (age 75) Cartagena, Spain
Nationality	Spanish

Mendo de Benavides (1569 – 17 October 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cartagena (1640–1644) and Bishop of Segovia (1533–1540).^[1]

Biography

Mendo de Benavides born in Santisteban del Puerto, Spain.^[1] On 18 July 1633, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Segovia.^[1] On 1 January 1634, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Arauz Díaz, Bishop of Guadix with Luis Camargo Pacheco, Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla, and Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Bishop of Chiapas, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 19 November 1640, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cartagena.^[1] He served as Bishop of Cartagena until his death on 17 October 1644.^[1]

See also

• Catholic Church in Spain

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Mendo de Benavides" retrieved January 14, 2016^{[self-published source]}

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Segovia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Segovia (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Cartagena". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Cartagena". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Melchor Moscoso San	Bishop of Segovia 1533–1540	Succeeded by Pedro Tapia
Preceded by Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola	Bishop of Cartagena 1640–1644	Succeeded by Juan Vélez de Valdivielso