Antonio Calderón de León
{{Short description|Roman Catholic bishop}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Antonio Calderón de León
| title = Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
| see =
| term = 1605–1621
| predecessor = None
| successor = Fernando de Ocampo
| ordination =
| ordained_by =
| consecration = December 1597
| consecrated_by = Domingo de Ulloa
| rank =
| birth_date = 1540
| birth_place = Baeza, Spain
| death_date = 1621 (age 81)
| death_place =
| previous_post = Bishop of Panamá (1598–1605)
Bishop of Puerto Rico (1593–1598)
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| nationality = Spanish
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Antonio Calderón de León (1540–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1605–1621),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/168/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=168|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} (in Latin)
Bishop of Panamá (1598–1605),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/268/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=268|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1593–1598).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/278/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=278|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | P 33-34
Biography
Antonio Calderón de León was born in Baeza, Spain.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Antonio Calderón de León |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcalle.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On October 29, 1593, Pope Clement VIII, appointed him Bishop of Puerto Rico.
In December 1597, he was consecrated bishop by Domingo de Ulloa, Bishop of Popayán.
On May 23, 1598, Pope Clement VIII, appointed him Bishop of Panamá.
On July 4, 1605, Pope Paul V, appointed him the first Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra where he served until his death in 1621.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsjpr.html |access-date=June 14, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zjua1.htm |access-date=June 14, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Panamá |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpana.html |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pana0.htm |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dscsi.html |access-date=June 14, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zcru0.htm |access-date=June 14, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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|title = Bishop of Puerto Rico
|before = Nicolás de Ramos y Santos
|after = Martín Vasquez de Arce
|years = 1593–1598}}
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|title = Bishop of Panamá
|before = Pedro Duque de Rivera
|after = Agustín de Carvajal
|years = 1598–1605}}
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|title = Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
|before = None
|after = Fernando de Ocampo
|years = 1605–1621}}
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Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bolivia
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Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Panamá
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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