José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez

José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez (born December 11, 1874 in Corralillo , Villa Clara Province , Cuba ; † January 3, 1940 ) was a Cuban Roman Catholic clergyman who was Bishop Pinar del Río between 1907 and 1925 and from 1925 to his He died in 1940 and was Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana .

Life

José Manuel RUIZ y Rodríguez received on 18 December 1897, the ordination to the priesthood. On April 18, 1907 he was appointed Bishop Pinar del Río and received on June 11, 1907 by the Apostolic Delegate in Havana Giuseppe Aversa and the co-consecrators Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada , Bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana, and Antonio Aurelio Torres y Sanz OCD , Bishop of Cienfuegos , ordained bishop. On July 10, 1907, he officially took over the office of Bishop of Pinar del Río, which had been vacant since the death of Braulio Orúe Vivanco on October 31, 1904.

On March 30, 1925, José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez was appointed the first Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana . He took over this office on June 11, 1925 from Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada , who had resigned on January 2, 1925 as the last bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana. He held this office until his death on January 3, 1940, after which Manuel Arteaga became the new archbishop on December 26, 1941. During his tenure he was on July 3, 1938 consecrator at the ordination of Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde as Bishop of Matanzas .

Web links

• Entry on José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 28, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Braulio Orúe Vivanco	Bishop of Pinar del Río 1907–1925	Evelio Díaz Cía
Pedro Ladislao González y Estrada	Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana 1925–1940	Manuel Arteaga