Bartolomé Santos de Risoba explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
Bishop of Sigüenza
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1649–1657
Predecessor:Pedro Tapia
Successor:Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez
Consecration:29 January 1634
Consecrated By:Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo
Birth Date:6 March 1582
Birth Place:Saldaña, Spain
Death Date:8 February 1657 (age 74)
Death Place:Sigüenza, Spain
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Bartolomé Santos de Risoba (1582–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sigüenza (1649–1657), Bishop of León (1633–1649), and Bishop of Almería (1633).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Bartolomé Santos de Risoba was born in Saldaña, Spain on 6 March 1582.On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almeria.On 26 September 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of León.On 29 January 1634, he was consecrated bishop by Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo, Bishop of Palencia, with Miguel Avellán, Titular Bishop of Siriensis, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators. On 21 June 1649, he was selected by the King of Spain as Bishop of Sigüenza and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 9 December 1649.He served as Bishop of Sigüenza until his death on 8 February 1657.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 79, 311, and 218. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsaris.html "Bishop Bartolomé Santos de Risoba"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/alme1.htm "Diocese of Almería"
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dalms.html "Diocese of Almería"