Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo (1 November 1578 – 17 November 1656) was a Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Palencia (1633–1656).
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Biography
Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo was born in
Guzmán
Guzmán or de Guzmán ( or ) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
Origins
The surname is of toponymic origin, ''de Guzmán'' ("of Guzmán"), deriving from the village of Guzmán ( es) in the region of Burgos. Th ...
,
Spain
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on 1 November 1578.
On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII (; ; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal terri ...
as
Bishop of Palencia.
On 29 January 1634, he was consecrated bishop by
Martín Carrillo Alderete,
Bishop of Oviedo
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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). ''(in Latin)''][Bishop of Almería
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(1634);
and the principal co-consecrator of:
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Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga,
Bishop of Mondoñedo
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(1639); and
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Juan Queipo de Llano Flores,
Bishop of Pamplona
The Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Pamplona and Tudela in Spain. (1639).
References
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17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain
Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII
1578 births
1656 deaths
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