Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar

Roman Catholic prelate

DioceseDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)

In office1607–1625

Most Reverend Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
In office	1607–1625
Predecessor	Diego de Romano y Govea
Successor	Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós
Previous post	Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1580–1597)
Orders
Consecration	June 1599
Personal details
Born	18 May 1546 Mexico
Died	16 March 1625(1625-03-16) (aged 78) Tlaxcala, Mexico

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).

Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar was born in Mexico on 18 May 1546.^[3]^[4] On 31 March 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua but resigned in 1595.^[3] On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Guadalajara.^[2]^[3] In June 1599, he was consecrated bishop^[3] On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles).^[1]^[3] He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) until his death on 16 March 1625.^[1]^[3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan de Cervantes (bishop), Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca (1609), and Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, Bishop of Chiapas (1613).^[3]

Mota y Escobar was also one of the most prominent enslavers in the city of Puebla. In a 1610 inventory, he listed forty-two people of African and Asian descent as his enslaved property, which included several children.^[5] In these practices, he was typical of the creole elites of mid-colonial Mexico (the viceroyalty of New Spain).

References

1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 338. (in Latin)
1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 198. (in Latin)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
↑ Sierra Silva, Pablo Miguel (2024). Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual Documentary History, 1520-1829 (in English and Spanish). Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company. pp. 44–48. ISBN 978-1647921507.

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Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Guadalajara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Mexico)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León (Nicaragua)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}