Bartolomé Santos de Risoba

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
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Almería (1633) Bishop of León (1633–1649)
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

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

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]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Martín García Ceniceros	Bishop of Almería 1633	Succeeded by Antonio González Acevedo
Preceded by Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares	Bishop of León 1633–1649	Succeeded by Juan del Pozo Horta
Preceded by Pedro Tapia	Bishop of Sigüenza 1649–1657	Succeeded by Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez