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 |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín |
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]