Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (also Alonso II de Fonseca) (1440 – 12 March 1512) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1460–1465 and 1469–1507), and Archbishop of Seville (1465–1469).^[1]

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Most Reverend Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
ALONSO DE FONSECA Y ACEVEDO (1460-1464), o Fonseca el Joven
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
In office	1469–1507
Predecessor	Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa
Successor	Alonso III Fonseca
Personal details
Born	1440 Salamanca
Died	12 March 1512 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1460–1465) Archbishop of Seville (1465–1469)

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In 1460, Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Pius II as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.^[1] In 1465, he was appointed by Pope Paul II as Archbishop of Seville.^[1] On 24 May 1493, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VI as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela from which he resigned in 1507.^[1] He was one of the three ambassadors to England that left on 26 August 1501 to accompany princess Catherine of Aragon on her marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales. The others were Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Cabra, and Antonio de Rojas Manrique, bishop of Mallorca.^[2]

He died in 1512.^[1]