On 15 October 1563, Alfonso Merchante de Valeria was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Pius IV as
Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos and
Titular Bishop of
Sidon. In 1563, he was consecrated bishop by
Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla,
Bishop of Burgos. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos until his death in 1581. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of
Sebastián Lartaún,
Bishop of Cuzco (1571);
Antonio Manrique Valencia,
Bishop of Pamplona (1575);
Gaspar Juan de la Figuera,
Bishop of Jaca (1578);
Miguel Rubio,
Bishop of Ampurias e Civita (1579); and
Miguel Espinosa,
Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1580) == References ==