Juan Soldevila y Romero
Juan Cardinal Soldevila y Romero (born October 29, 1843 in Fuentelapeña , Zamora province , † June 4, 1923 in Saragossa ) was Archbishop of Saragossa .
Life
After attending the seminaries in Valladolid , Santiago de Compostela and Toledo , he was ordained a priest on December 28, 1867 . He received his doctorate in theology from the Central Seminary in Santiago de Compostela in 1868 and then studied canon law at the Seminary in Tui .
Soldevila was pastor in three parishes of the Archdiocese of Valladolid and was secretary of Archbishop Cesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez in 1875 , canon in 1883 and archpriest in 1887 . He has served on the Provincial Welfare Committee and Church Reconstruction Committee. He was the preacher at the royal court and a knight of the Order de Isabel la Católica , a secretary of the cathedral chapter and examiner of the synod. In 1885 he was a member of the junta in support of victims of a cholera epidemic .
On February 14, 1889 Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Tarazona . The Archbishop of Valladolid, Benito Sanz y Fores , ordained him episcopal on April 28 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández , Bishop of Vitoria , and Cesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez, Bishop of Orense . Soldevila was Apostolic Administrator of Tudela from 1889 to 1901, and on December 16, 1901, he was appointed Archbishop of Saragossa.
On December 15, 1919, Benedict XV took him . 76-year-old as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo in the College of Cardinals on. The King of Spain Alfonso XIII. presented him with the cardinals' biretta on Christmas of the same year . Soldevila took part in the 1922 conclave that Pius XI. chose.
At the age of 79, the cardinal was assassinated by the anarchist group Los Solidarios in Saragossa. He is buried in the Basílica del Pilar .
Web links
- Short biography from the Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (GEA), viewed July 13, 2016 (Spanish)
- Entry on Juan Soldevilla y Romero on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 1, 2010. [sic!]
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Cosme Marrodán Rubio |
Bishop of Tarazona 1889–1901 |
José Salvador y Barrera |
| Antonio Cascajares y Azara |
Archbishop of Saragossa 1901–1923 |
Rigoberto Domenech y Valls |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soldevila y Romero, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soldevila y Romero, Juan Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cardinal and archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuentelapeña , Zamora Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1923 |
| Place of death | Zaragoza |