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 |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Islas Canarias (1614–1621) |
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]
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.