Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor
Álvaro de Mendoza Caamaño Sotomayor | |
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Patriarch of the West Indies | |
In office 20 January 1734 – 23 January 1761 | |
Preceded by | Carlos de Borja y Centellas |
Succeeded by | Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola |
Cardinal | |
In office 10 April 1747 – 23 January 1761 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 14 November 1671
Died | 23 January 1761 Madrid, Spain | (aged 89)
Occupation | Priest |
Álvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor (14 November 1671 – 23 January 1761) was a Spanish aristocrat and Catholic priest who became Patriarch of the West Indies and a Cardinal.
Family
Álvaro Eugenio Cardinal de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor was born on 14 November 1671 in Madrid, Spain and was baptized on 28 November 1671 in the parish of San Nicolás. His parents were Antonio Domingo de Mendoza, second Marquis of Villagarcía and viceroy of Valencia, and Juana Catalina de Rivera y Ronquillo. He studied at the University of Ávila and obtained a doctorate in theology.[1]
Career
King Charles II of Spain granted Mendoza the habit of the Order of Santiago in 1699, and he was invested into this order on 21 April 1700.[1] Mendoza was ordained priest in July 1715.[2] He was appointed Archdeacon of Toledo and of Santiago de Compostela. He was made Abbot nullius of Alcalá la Real and of Burgohondo on 28 March 1734. He was Major chaplain of the
The king nominated Mendoza to the patriarchate of the West Indies in November 1733.[1] He was appointed Patriarch of the West Indies and Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus on 20 January 1734.[2] As patriarch he succeeded Carlos de Borja y Centellas, who had died on 8 August 1733.[3] He was ordained bishop on 9 May 1734 at the
King
Mendoza died on 23 January 1761 in the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, and was buried in his mother's tomb in the monastery of San Gil, Madrid.[1] He was succeeded as Patriarch of the West Indies by Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola, who was appointed on 6 April 1761.[3]
Episcopal lineage
Mendoza's episcopal lineage or apostolic succession was:[2]
- Archbishop Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba(1726)
- Cardinal Carlos de Borja y Centellas (1705)
- Archbishop Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona(1697)
- Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna (1670)
- Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1666)
- Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna (1630)
- Cardinal Luigi Caetani (1622)
- Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1621)
- Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604)
- Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. (1586)
- Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566)
- Cardinal Scipione Rebiba
Mendoza was the principal consecrator of:[2]
- Bishop Francisco Salgado Quirago (1734)
- Bishop Miguel Aguiar (1738)
- Bishop José Esteban Noriega (1738)
- Bishop Pedro González García (1739)
- Bishop Juan García Abadiano (1739)
Notes
Sources
- Cheney, David M. (2019), "Álvaro Eugenio Cardinal de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor", Catholic-Hierarchy, retrieved 2019-08-09
- Cheney, David M. (2019b), "Patriarchate of West Indies", Catholic-Hierarchy, retrieved 2019-08-09
- Miranda, Salvador, "MENDOZA, Álvaro de (1671-1761)", The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, retrieved 2019-08-09