Alonso de Montúfar
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Alonso de Montúfar y Bravo de Lagunas, O.P., was a Spanish Dominican friar and prelate of the Catholic Church, who ruled as the second Archbishop of Mexico from 1551 to his death in 1572. He approved and promoted the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe that arose during his reign.
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montúfar and the second or maternal family name is Bravo de Laguanas.
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Alonso de Montúfar y Bravo de Laguanas, O.P. | |
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Archbishop of Mexico | |
See | Mexico |
Appointed | October 5, 1551 |
Installed | October 5, 1551, June 1554 |
Term ended | March 7, 1572 |
Predecessor | Juan de Zumárraga |
Successor | Pedro Moya de Contreras |
Orders | |
Ordination | ca. 1515 |
Consecration | 1553 |
Personal details | |
Born | ca. 1489 Loja, Granada, Spain |
Died | March 7, 1572 (aged 82–83) Mexico City, New Spain (present-day Mexico) |
Nationality | Spanish |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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