About Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo
Lived 1578 – 1656 (aged 78). Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo (1 November 1578 – 17 November 1656) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Palencia (1633–1656).
Biography Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo was born in Guzmán, Spain on 1 November 1578. On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Palencia. On 29 January 1634, he was consecrated bishop by Martín Carrillo Alderete, Bishop of Oviedo. He served as Bishop of Palencia until his death on 17 November 1656.
Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: Bartolomé Santos de Risoba, Bishop of Almería (1634); 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).
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Spanish Catholic prelate
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Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo was born on 1 November 1578 in Spain.
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Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo died on 17 November 1656 in Palencia.
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