Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Antonio Ángel Algora
Bishop of Ciudad Real
Church:Catholic Church
Appointed:20 March 2003
Term Start:2003
Term End:2016
Predecessor:Rafael Torija de la Fuente
Successor:Gerardo Melgar Viciosa
Ordination:23 December 1967
Ordained By:Saturnino Rubio Montiel
Consecration:29 September 1985
Consecrated By:Mario Tagliaferri[1]
Birth Name:Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando
Birth Date:1940 10, df=yes
Birth Place:La Vilueña, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
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Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando (2 October 1940 – 15 October 2020) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Teruel and Albarracín from 1985 to 2003 and Ciudad Real from 2003 to 2016.

He died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, in Madrid, thirteen days after his 80th birthday.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando. Catholic Hierarchy. 15 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Muere el obispo emérito de Ciudad Real, Antonio Algora. Spanish. 15 October 2020. 15 October 2020.