Alfonso de Talavera,

O.S.H. The Hieronymites or Jeronimites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome (; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks living according to the Rule of Saint Au ...

or Alfonso de Guzman was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first

Bishop of Comayagua The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa () (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. Until 2023, it was the only metropolitan see in ...

(1531–1540).

Biography

Alfonso de Talavera was ordained a priest in the

Order of Saint Jerome The Hieronymites or Jeronimites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome (; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks living according to the Rule of Saint Au ...

. In September 1531, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII (; ; born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate o ...

. He served as Bishop of Comayagua until his resignation in 1540.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Honduras Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VII Hieronymite bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Comayagua {{Nicaragua-RC-bishop-stub