Miguel Roca Cabanellas
Miguel Roca Cabanellas (born April 18, 1921 in Palma de Mallorca , † January 8, 1992 at Motilla del Palancar ) was a Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Valencia .
Life
Miguel Roca Cabanellas was ordained a priest on May 31, 1947 for the diocese of Madrid-Alcalá , at whose seminary he had studied. He studied and received his doctorate in 1955 at the Pontifical Gregorian University . From 1962 to 1965 he participated as a peritus at the Second Vatican Council for the Spanish Bishops' Conference .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on July 20, 1966 titular bishop of Tigimma and appointed him coadjutor bishop of Cartagena . He was ordained bishop on October 2nd of the same year by the later Cardinal Antonio Riberi , Apostolic Nuncio in Spain. Co- consecrators were Juan Ricote Alonso , coadjutor bishop of Teruel y Albarracín , and Maximino Romero de Lema , auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Madrid. Then on April 22, 1969 he became Bishop of Cartagena.
On May 25, 1978, Paul VI appointed Roca Cabanellas as Archbishop of Valencia. He was also a member of the Standing Commission and the Executive Committee of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. In the Spanish episcopate he was considered a representative of the conservative wing. Miguel Roca Cabanellas died in January 1992 in a traffic accident on the Spanish national road N-III while on his way back to Valencia from an Executive Committee meeting in Madrid.
Web links
- Entry for Miguel Roca Cabanellas on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Death report from January 8, 1992 in El País (Spanish)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José María García Lahiguera |
Archbishop of Valencia 1978–1992 |
Cardinal Agustín García-Gasco Vicente |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roca Cabanellas, Miguel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Valencia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palma de Mallorca |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1992 |
| Place of death | at Motilla del Palancar |