Álvaro Salas Sánchez OSA (died 12 October 1520) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of Córdoba and titular bishop of Duvno from 1514 to his death in 1520.
Biography
Salas was a native of Burgos.[1] Before his episcopal appointment, Salas was a theology professor and an Augustinian friar. Pope Leo X appointed him the bishop of Duvno on 27 July 1514.[2] Simultaneously, he served as an auxiliary bishop of Córdoba.[1] During his episcopal tenure, the territory of the diocese of Duvno was under the Ottoman occupation, while the nearby Dalmatian region in southern Croatia was under Ottoman attacks.[2] Salas' episcopal appointment is seen by Ante Škegro as a part of Pope Leo X's anti-Ottoman policy.[3] He died on 12 October 1520.[1][4]