Antonio María Cascajares y Azara
Antonio María Cardinal Cascajares y Azara (born March 2, 1834 in Calanda , † July 27, 1901 in Calahorra ) was a Spanish bishop and cardinal .
Life
Antonio Maria Cascajares y Azara occurred in 1846 in the Spanish Navy and left them in 1857 as a captain to theology and canon law to study. In 1861 he was ordained a priest . He worked for the Church in Zaragoza , Toledo and Burgos .
Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on March 27, 1882 titular bishop of Dora and appointed him prelate of Ciudad Real . The Apostolic Nuncio in Spain, Angelo Bianchi , donated him episcopal ordination on June 4th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez , Bishop of Orihuela , and Ciriaco Sancha y Hervás , Bishop of Ávila . He was appointed Bishop of Calahorra on March 27, 1884 . On December 17, 1891, Pope Leo XIII appointed him. to the Archbishop of Valladolid .
Leo XIII. accepted him in the consistory of November 29, 1895 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant'Eusebio in the college of cardinals . On March 24, 1898, he opted for the titular church of Sant'Agostino as a cardinal priest . On April 18, 1901, he was appointed Archbishop of Saragossa , but he died on July 27, 1901 in Calahorra before he could take office. He was buried in his birthplace, Calanda.
Web links
- Cascajares y Azara, Antonio María. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 14, 2016.
- Entry on Antonio María Cascajares y Azara on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 14, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cascajares y Azara, Antonio María |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cascajares y Azara, Cardinal Antonio María (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cardinal and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calanda |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1901 |
| Place of death | Calahorra |