Bartolomé Santos de Risoba

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]

Most Reverend Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
Bishop of Sigüenza
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1649–1657
Predecessor	Pedro Tapia
Successor	Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez
Orders
Consecration	29 January 1634 by Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo
Personal details
Born	6 March 1582 Saldaña, Spain
Died	8 February 1657 (age 74) Sigüenza, Spain
Previous post	Bishop of Almería (1633) Bishop of León (1633–1649)

Biography

Bartolomé Santos de Risoba was born in Saldaña, Spain on 6 March 1582.[2] On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almeria.[1][2] On 26 September 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of León.[1][2] 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.[2] 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.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Sigüenza until his death on 8 February 1657.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

• Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba, Bishop of Salamanca (1648);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1639); and
• Juan Queipo de Llano Flores, Bishop of Pamplona (1639).

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 79, 311, and 218. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Bartolomé Santos de Risoba" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 24, 2017
3. "Diocese of Almería" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
4. "Diocese of Almería" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of León". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}