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Francisco Porró y Reinado

Francisco Porró y Reinado

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Porró and the second or maternal family name is Reinado.

Francisco Bartolomé Porró y Reinado, C.R.M. (15 October 1739 – 3 January 1814) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (1801–1803) and Bishop of Tarazona (1803–1814).

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Born 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.

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    "New Orleans". Catholic Encyclopedia.
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    "Bishop Francisco Porró Reinado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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    Clarke, Richard Henry. "Right Rev. Francis Porro, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.
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    "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.
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