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]
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.