title: Luis Maldonado (bishop)
text: # Luis Maldonado (bishop)
  
  Luis Maldonado (died 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was appointed as the first Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1595–1596).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Luis Maldonado was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 30 August 1595, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as the first Bishop of Nueva Caceres. He died before he was consecrated in 1596.
  
  