Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles),
Bishop of Guadalajara, and Bishop Elect of Nicaragua.
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.
On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Guadalajara.
In June 1599, he was consecrated bishop
On 11 March 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles).
He served as Bishop of Tlaxcala until his death on 16 March 1625.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan de Cervantes (bishop), Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, and Juan de Zapata y Sandoval, Bishop of Chiapas.
Mota y Escobar was also one of the most prominent enslavers in the city of Puebla. In a 1610 inventory, he listed forty-two people of African and Asian descent as his enslaved property, which included several children. In these practices, he was typical of the creole elites of mid-colonial Mexico.