| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Antolín Monescillo y Viso | |
| Archbishop of Toledo Patriarch of Indias Occidentales Primate of Spain | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Toledo |
| See: | Toledo |
| Appointed: | 11 July 1892 |
| Term Start: | 12 August 1892 |
| Term End: | 11 August 1897 |
| Predecessor: | Miguel Payá y Rico |
| Successor: | Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás |
| Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino (1886-97) |
| Ordination: | 1836 |
| Consecration: | 6 October 1861 |
| Consecrated By: | Cirilo de Alameda y Brea |
| Cardinal: | 10 November 1884 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope Leo XIII |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Name: | Antolín Monescillo y Viso |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1811 |
| Birth Place: | Corral de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Kingdom of Spain |
| Death Place: | Toledo, Spanish Kingdom |
| Buried: | Toledo Cathedral |
| Parents: | Nicasio Monescillo María Viso |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1861-65) Bishop of Jaén (1865-77) Archbishop of Valencia (1877-92) |
| Motto: | Monstra te esse Matrem |
| Coat Of Arms: | Escudo cardenalicio Antolín Monescillo y Viso.png |
Antolín Monescillo y Viso (2 September 1811 – 11 August 1897) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1861 and, after transfers to positions of increasing importance, was made a cardinal in 1884 and served as Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain from 1892 until his death.
Antolín Monescillo y Viso was born on 2 September 1811 in Corral de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain.[1] His family were farmers; his given name Spanish; Castilian: Antolín is the Basque form of Anthony. He studied at the Seminary of Toledo, and earned a doctorate in theology.
He was ordained a priest and worked as a journalist, contributing to El Católico and El Pensamiento Español. In 1842 he founded the daily La Cruz.
Pope Pius IX named him bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada on 22 July 1861.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 6 October 1861 from Cardinal Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, archbishop of Toledo. He was transferred to see of Jaén on 27 March 1865.[1] He attended the First Vatican Council in 1869-1870.
Promoted to the see of Valencia on 22 June 1877.[1] [2]
Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal priest on 10 November 1884;[3] he received his red biretta and the title of Sant'Agostino on 10 June 1886.[4]
He was transferred to the see of Toledo and given the title Patriarch of the West Indies on 11 July 1892,[5] the archbishopric that carries the title Primate of Spain.
He died on 11 August 1897 in Toledo.[6]