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Bishop Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †

Deceased

Bishop of Astorga

Events

a bishop for 23.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Bernardo Cardinal Sandoval Rojas † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Juan Alvarez de Caldas † Bishop Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Alfonso Mesía de Tovar † (1612) Bernardo Cardinal Sandoval Rojas † (1586) Rodrigo Cardinal de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † (1574) Gaspar Cardinal de Quiroga y Vela † (1572) Diego Cardinal Espinosa Arévalo †

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