Manuel García Gil
Manuel García Gil, OP (born March 14, 1802 in Lugo , † April 28, 1881 in Saragossa ) was a Spanish archbishop and cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
Manuel García Gil grew up in San Salvador de Camba near Lugo and received the sacrament of Confirmation at the age of two months on July 20, 1802 . As a young man he began studying theology at the seminary of Lugo and entered the Dominican order in 1826 .
García Gil was ordained a priest on March 10, 1827 . He then worked as a professor of theology at the Dominican monasteries in Lugo and Santiago de Compostela . In the early 1830s he took over as director of the seminary in Oviedo . A law passed by the Spanish government under Queen Isabella II in 1836 - a chapter in Spanish history better known as disamortization in Spain - according to which church property had to become the property of the state, forced García Gil to give up Oviedo in 1836 and move to Lugo. It was not until 1848 that he returned to Oviedo as Vice Rector.
On December 22, 1853, Manuel García Gil was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Badajoz . The episcopal ordination donated to him on April 23, 1854 Miguel García Cuesta , the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela ; Co- consecrators were Santiago Rodríguez Gil , Bishop of Lugo , and Telmo Maceira , Bishop of Mondoñedo . Only four years later, on December 23, 1858, he was transferred to the Archbishopric of Saragossa as Archbishop . From 1869 to 1870 he was a delegate to the First Vatican Council .
On March 12, 1877, Pope Pius IX took him . with the titular church of Santo Stefano Rotondo into the College of Cardinals . The ceremonial creation, in which García Gil received Birett and the cardinal ring, took place on September 21, 1877. Only a few months later, in the conclave of 1878 , he was one of the electors of Pope Leo XIII.
Manuel García Gil died on April 28, 1881 at the age of 79 and was buried in a grave of honor in the Cathedral of Saragossa .
Web links
- García Gil, OP, Manuel. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 16, 2016.
- Entry on Manuel García Gil on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 16, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | García Gil, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García y Gil, Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Dominican, Archbishop and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lugo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1881 |
| Place of death | Zaragoza |