Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar

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), Bishop of Guadalajara (1598–1607), and Bishop Elect of Nicaragua (1594–1595).

Biography Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar was born in Mexico on 18 May 1546. On 31 March 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nicaragua but resigned in 1595. In these practices, he was typical of the creole elites of mid-colonial Mexico (the viceroyalty of New Spain).