Antonio Corrionero Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio Corrionero
Bishop of Salamanca
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca
Term:1621–1633
Predecessor:Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera
Successor:Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga
Consecration:26 April 1615
Consecrated By:Pedro González de Mendoza
Birth Date:1554
Birth Place:Babilafuente, Spain
Death Date:4 April 1633
Death Place:Salamanca, Spain
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Antonio Corrionero (1554–1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Salamanca (1621–1633), and Bishop of Islas Canarias (1614–1621).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Antonio Corrionero was born in Babilafuente, Spain in 1554.On 6 October 1614, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Islas Canarias.On 26 April 1615, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro González de Mendoza, Archbishop of Granada, with Juan Portocarrero, Bishop of Almeria, and Luis Fernández de Córdoba, Bishop of Malaga, serving as co-consecrators. On 17 May 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Salamanca.He served as Bishop of Salamanca until his death on 4 April 1633.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcora.html "Bishop Antonio Corrionero"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsals.html "Diocese of Salamanca"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sala0.htm "Diocese of Salamanca"