Ángel Marquina y Corrales explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Most Reverend
Ángel Marquina y Corrales
Bishop of Guadix
Diocese:Guadix
Archdiocese:Granada
Predecessor:Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz
Successor:Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats
Ordination:4 June 1887
Consecration:7 December 1913
Consecrated By:Prudencio Melo y Alcalde
Nationality:Spanish
Religion:Roman Catholic

Ángel Marquina y Corrales (8 October 1859 - 1 January 1928) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic church and Bishop of Gaudix.[1]

Biography

Marquina, the son of a farmer, studied at the seminary of San Jerónimo de Burgos and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1887. He was later rector of the seminary from 1888 until 1898.[2] He was appointed bishop of Canarias (the part of the Canary Islands including Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuertaventura) on 18 July 1913 by Pope Pius X.[3] On 6 September 1922, Pope Pius XI appointed him to be Bishop of Gaudix.[4]

Death

He died on 1 January 1928 while serving as Bishop in Guadix, Spain.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Ángel Marquina y Corrales † . Catholic Hierarchy . 30 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Ángel Marquina y Corrales (in Spanish) . Real Academia de la Historia . 30 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Diocese of Islas Canarias . GCatholic . 30 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Diocese of Guadix . GCatholic . 30 July 2021.