Gerónimo Castillón y Salas

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Castillón and the second or maternal family name is 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
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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