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]

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

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]}