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Antonio Corrionero

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Most Reverend
Antonio Corrionero
Bishop of Salamanca
File:Antonio Corrionero.jpg
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca
In office 1621–1633
Predecessor Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera
Successor Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga
Previous post Bishop of Islas Canarias (1614–1621)
Orders
Consecration 26 April 1615
by Pedro González de Mendoza
Personal details
Born 1554
Babilafuente, Spain
Died 4 April 1633 (aged 78–79)
Salamanca, Spain

Antonio Corrionero (1554–1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Salamanca (1621–1633), and Bishop of Islas Canarias (1614–1621).[1]

Biography

Antonio Corrionero was born in Babilafuente, Spain in 1554.[2] On 6 October 1614, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Islas Canarias.[2] On 26 April 1615, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro González de Mendoza, Archbishop of Granada, with Juan Portocarrero, Bishop of Almeria, and Luis Fernández de Córdoba, Bishop of Malaga, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 17 May 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Salamanca.[2] He served as Bishop of Salamanca until his death on 4 April 1633.[2]

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