Francisco Porró y Reinado

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 Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (1801–1803) and as Bishop of Tarazona (1803–1814).

The Right Reverend Francisco Porró y Reinado
Bishop of Tarazona
Church	Catholic
Diocese	Tarazona
Appointed	20 July 1801
Orders
Consecration	15 November 1801 by Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón
Personal details
Born	15 October 1739
Died	3 January 1814

Biography

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.

References

1. "New Orleans". Catholic Encyclopedia.
2. "Bishop Francisco Porró Reinado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
3. Clarke, Richard Henry. "Right Rev. Francis Porro, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.
4. "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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas	Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas 1801-1803	Succeeded by Louis William Valentine Dubourg
Preceded by Damián Martínez de Galinsonga	Bishop of Terrazona 1803-1814	Succeeded by Jerónimo Castellón y Salas