José Cos y Macho

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Cardinal Cos y Macho
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José María Justo Cardinal Cos y Macho (born August 6, 1838 in Terán , Cantabria , Spain , † December 17, 1919 in Valladolid ) was Archbishop of Valladolid .

Life

José Cos y Macho first attended the Jesuit school in Segura and then studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Santander and Salamanca . He received his doctorate in theology and received the sacrament of ordination in 1862 . After further studies, he worked as a lecturer at the Seminary in Santander. In 1865 he became the canon of the cathedral of Oviedo , and in 1882 he was secretary of the archbishop's treasury. In 1884 he was appointed Archdeacon of the Cathedral Chapter of Cordoba .

On June 10, 1886 Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Mondoñedo . The Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela , Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez , gave him episcopal ordination on September 12th of the same year.

On February 14, 1889, he was appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba . From 1891 until his death, José Cos y Macho was Senator of the Kingdom of Spain. In 1892 the Pope appointed him Bishop of Madrid and in 1901 Archbishop of Valladolid. Pope Pius X accepted José Cos y Macho on November 27, 1911 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo in the college of cardinals . José Cardinal Cos y Macho attended the conclave of 1914.

He died on December 17, 1919 in Valladolid and was buried in the local cathedral .

literature

  • Annuario pontificio per l'anno 1922. Città del Vaticano 1921, p. 66.
  • Lamberto de Echeverría: Episcopologio español contemporáneo, 1868–1985: datos biográficos y genealogía espiritual de los 585 obispos nacidos o consagrados en España entre el 1 de enero de 1868 y el 31 de diciembre de 1985 . Salamanca 1986.

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predecessor Office successor
José Manuel Palacios y López Bishop of Mondoñedo
1886–1889
Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez
José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
1889-1892
Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo OFM
Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás Archbishop of Madrid
1892–1901
Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez
Antonio María Cardinal Cascajares y Azara Archbishop of Valladolid
1901-1919
Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui