Bartolomé Santos de Risoba
# 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).

## Biography

Bartolomé Santos de Risoba was born in Saldaña, Spain on 6 March 1582. On 6 June 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Almeria. On 26 September 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of León. 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. 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. He served as Bishop of Sigüenza until his death on 8 February 1657.

## Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

* 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).
