Cirilo de Alameda y Brea
Cirilo de Alameda y Brea OFMObs (born July 9, 1781 in Torrejón de Velasco , † June 30, 1872 in Toledo ) was a Spanish cardinal and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
In 1805 he made his profession . He worked as a religious priest in Uruguay and Brazil . From 1817 to 1823 he was Minister General of his order.
On September 30, 1831 he was appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba . He was ordained episcopal on March 12, 1832, by the Archbishop of Seville Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos with the assistance of Domingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno OSB and Vicente Román y Linares . On March 7, 1849 he was made Archbishop of Burgos and on August 3, 1857 Archbishop of Toledo . In the consistory of March 15, 1858 Pope Pius IX raised him . to the cardinal.
When he died on June 30, 1872, at the age of 90, he was the oldest cardinal at the time.
Web links
- Maximiliano Barrio Gozalo: Cirilo Alameda y Brea. Real Academia de La Historia, 2018, accessed February 3, 2019 (Spanish).
- Alameda y Brea, OFMObs., Cirilo de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 1, 2018.
- Entry for Cirilo de Alameda y Brea on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 1, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan José Bonel y Orbe |
Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain 1857–1872 |
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave |
| Ramon Montero |
Archbishop of Burgos 1849–1857 |
Fernando de la Puente y Primo de Rivera |
| Antonio María Claret i Clará |
Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba 1831–1848 |
Mariano Rodríguez de Olmedo y Valle |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alameda y Brea, Cirilo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alameda y Brea OFMObs., Cirilo de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cardinal and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torrejon de Velasco |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1872 |
| Place of death | Toledo |