José María Cirarda Lachiondo

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José María Cirarda Lachiondo (born May 23, 1917 in Baquio , Spain , †  September 17, 2008 in Vitoria , Spain) was Archbishop of Pamplona . He was considered an important representative of the transition of Spanish Catholicism after the end of the Franco regime .

Life

José María Cirarda Lachiondo studied at the Pontifical University of Comillas , was awarded a Dr. theol. obtained his doctorate and was ordained a priest on July 5, 1942. He was professor of dogmatic theology at the seminary of Vitoria.

In 1960 he was, against the veto of Francisco Franco , by Pope John XXIII. Appointed Titular Bishop of Drusiliana and Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Seville . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti , Apostolic Nuncio in Spain, on 29 June 1960; Co- consecrators were José María Cardinal Bueno y Monreal , Archbishop of Seville, and Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga , Bishop of Vitoria. After the Second Vatican Council he represented the Spanish Church as a press representative.

Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Santander in 1968 and Apostolic Administrator of Bilbao from November 1968 ; 1971 Bishop of Cordoba . In 1978 he was appointed Archbishop of Pamplona , also with the task of the Apostolic Administration of Tudela .

From 1978 to 1981 he was Vice President of the Spanish Bishops' Conference .

His age-related resignation was granted in 1993 by Pope John Paul II .

Fonts

  • Carta pastoral de Monseñor Cirarda, Administrador Apostólico de Bilbao , Bilbao 1970
  • María, La Virgen , Biblioteca Autores Cristianos 1978, ISBN 84-220-0841-6
  • Una biografía de Don Ramón in Ramón Etxeberria: fuego en la palabra , Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos 2002, ISBN 84-7914-613-3 , together with Félix Núñez Uribe
  • Creer Hoy En El Dios De Jesucristo , PPC Editorial 2006, ISBN 84-288-1385-X

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "José María Cirarda, el último obispo del Concilio Vaticano II" , El País , September 18, 2008

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predecessor Office successor
José Méndez Asensio Archbishop of Pamplona and Trudela
1978–1993 		Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF
Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar Bishop of Cordoba
1971–1978 		José Antonio Infantes Florido
Vincente Puchol Montis Bishop of Santander
1968–1971 		Juan Antonio del Val Gallo
personal data
SURNAME Cirarda Lachiondo, José María
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish theologian and Archbishop of Pamplona
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Baquio , Spain
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 2008
Place of death Vitoria , Spain