Salvador Casañas i Pagès
Salvador Cardinal Casañas i Pagès (born September 5, 1834 in Barcelona ; † October 27, 1908 there ) was a Catholic cardinal .
He was ordained a priest on December 18, 1858, and episcopal ordination on March 23, 1879. The consecrator was the Bishop of Barcelona , José Maria de Urquinaona y Vidot , with the assistance of Tomás Sivilla y Gener , Bishop of Gerona and Tomás Costa y Fornaguera , Bishop from Lérida . From 1879 to 1901 he was Bishop of Urgell and thus ex officio spiritual co-prince of Andorra . Pope Leo XIII. accepted him into the college of cardinals in 1895 . From 1901 he was Bishop of Barcelona. He took part in the conclave of 1903.
On December 24, 1905, an anarchist assassination attempt on Casañas i Pagès in Barcelona failed.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Josep Caixal i Estradé |
Bishop of Urgell 1879–1901 |
Ramon Riu i Cabanes |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| José Morgades y Gili |
Bishop of Barcelona 1901–1908 |
Joan Josep Laguarda i Fenollera |
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| SURNAME | Casañas i Pagès, Salvador |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Casañas i Pagès, Cardinal Salvador |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Barcelona |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1908 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |