Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla

Church positions
See	Diocese of Burgos
Title	Bishop of Burgos,Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
Period in office	February 28, 1550—December 1, 1566
Successor	Francisco Pacheco de Villena
Previous post	Bishop of Coria
Created cardinal	December 19, 1544
Personal
Date of birth	September 25, 1508(1508-09-25)
Place of birth	Cuenca, Spain
Date of death	December 1, 1566 (aged 58)
Place of death	Arcos de la Llana in the Diocese of Burgos,Spain

Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla (September 25, 1508 - December 1, 1566^[1]) was a Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal.

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He was born in Cuenca, the son of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, first marquis of Cañete and Viceroy of Navarre during the reign of King Charles V. He studied in the universities of Alcalá de Henares and Salamanca, and subsequently taught at Salamanca, Evora and Coimbra.

In 1533 Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla was elected bishop of Coria on with dispensation for not having yet reached the canonical age of 27.

He was created cardinal priest on the consistory of December 19, 1544 by Pope Paul III and opted to the title of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1549-1550. The new Pope Julius III opted him for the title of S. Eusebio (1550) and promoted him to the Diocese of Burgos, Spain on June 27, 1550.

He resided in the Spanish court for a long time and he had been sent by King Felipe II in different missions. Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla died in 1566 in Arcos de la Llana, near Burgos.

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• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church-Biographical Dictionary
• Catholic hierarchy data