Gerónimo Castillón y Salas

Gerónimo Castillón y Salas (1756–1835) was a Spanish bishop who was the last Grand Inquisitor of Spain.

Biography

Gerónimo Castillón y Salas was born in Lascellas-Ponzano on September 30, 1756, the second son of José Castillón y Campo and his wife Brígida Salas.[1] He was educated at the University of Huesca, receiving a law degree on May 15, 1776 and a degree in theology on September 9, 1779.[2]

After he was ordained as a priest, he served in Monzón, before becoming priest in his home town of Ponzano in 1795.[3] He was schoolmaster at Huesca Cathedral from 1808 to 1815.[4]

He became Bishop of Tarazona in 1815.[5] He became Grand Inquisitor of Spain in 1818, and in this capacity was the head of the Spanish Inquisition until its abolition in 1820.[6]

He died in Tarazona in 1835.[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  2. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  3. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  4. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  5. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  6. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
  7. ^ http://www.diariodelaltoaragon.com/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=549167
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Francisco Porró y Reinado
Bishop of Tarazona
1815–1835
Succeeded by
Vicente Ortíz y Labastida
Preceded by
Francisco Javier Mier Campillo
Grand Inquisitor of Spain
1818–1820
Succeeded by
Office abolished