title: Francisco de Ovanda
text: # Francisco de Ovanda
  
  Francisco de Ovanda, O.F.M. or Franciscus de Ovanda was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of Trujillo (1577).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Francisco de Ovanda was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 15 Apr 1577, after the sudden resignation of his predecessor, Alonso Guzmán y Talavera, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Trujillo. He was never consecrated bishop.
  
  