or Alvaro Mendoza (died 1631) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jaca (1628–1631) and earlier as Bishop of L'Aquila (1622–1628).
[1][2][3] Álvaro de Mendoza was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
[1] On 14 November 1622, he was appointed Bishop of Aquila by Pope Paul V.[1] On 20 November 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Benedetto Bragadin, Archbishop of Corfu, and Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, serving as co-consecrators.
[1] On 29 May 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Jaca.
[1] He served as Bishop of Jaca until his death in 1631.