Juan Portocarrero
Spanish priest
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| Intro | Spanish priest | |
| Places | Spain | |
| is | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Death | March 1631Almería, Almería Province, Andalusia, Spain |
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Juan Portocarrero, O.F.M. (died 8 March 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Almería (1602–1631).
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Juan Portocarrero was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 26 August 1602, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Leo XI as Bishop of Almería. He served as Bishop of Almería until his death on 8 March 1631. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Corrionero, Bishop of Islas Canarias (1615); Juan Zapata Osorio, Bishop of Zamora (1616); Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga, Bishop of Valladolid, (1619); and Garcerán Albañell, Archbishop of Granada (1621).