Francisco Bartolomé Porró y Reinado, C.R.M. (15 October 1739 – 3 January 1814) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (1801–1803) and as Bishop of Tarazona (1803–1814).
The Right Reverend Francisco Porró y Reinado | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Tarazona | |
| Church | Catholic |
| Diocese | Tarazona |
| Appointed | 20 July 1801 |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 15 November 1801 by Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1739 |
| Died | 3 January 1814 |
Biography
editBorn in Gibraltar, Porró was a Franciscan of the Convent of the Holy Apostles in Rome.[1] He was appointed Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas in the United States on 20 July 1801 and received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 November from Cardinal Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana.[2] However, he never took possession of the diocese; some say that he was never consecrated, he died before departing from Rome, or he never left because of a rumored sale of Louisiana.[1][3][4]
On 17 January 1803 Porro was transferred to the See of Terrazona in Spain.[2] He died in the position at age 74.
References
edit- ^ a b "New Orleans". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b "Bishop Francisco Porró Reinado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Clarke, Richard Henry. "Right Rev. Francis Porro, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.
- ^ "A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Bishops and Archbishops". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26.