Jerónimo Venero Leyva Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Jerónimo Venero Leyva
Archbishop of Monreale
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Monreale
Term:1620–1628
Predecessor:Arcangelo Gualtieri
Successor:Cosimo de Torres
Consecration:23 February 1620
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Birth Date:1561
Birth Place:Valladolid, Spain
Death Date:August 1628 (age 67)
Death Place:Monreale, Italy

Jerónimo Venero Leyva (1561 – August 1628) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Monreale (1620–1628).[1] [2]

Biography

Jerónimo Venero Leyva was born in Valladolid, Spain in 1561.On 17 February 1620, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Monreale.On 23 February 1620, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, and Antonio de Franchis, Bishop of Andria, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Monreale until his death in August 1628.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 249. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvenero.html "Archbishop Jerónimo Venero Leyva"