Antonio María Cascajares y Azara explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Antonio María Cascajares y Azara
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Zaragoza
See:Zaragoza
Appointed:18 April 1901
Term End:27 July 1901
Predecessor:Vicente Alda y Sancho
Successor:Juan Soldevilla y Romero
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino (1898-1901)
Ordination:23 February 1861
Ordained By:Manuel García Gil
Consecration:4 June 1882
Consecrated By:Angelo Bianchi
Cardinal:29 November 1895
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Antonio María Cascajares y Azara
Birth Date:2 March 1834
Birth Place:Calanda, Kingdom of Spain
Death Place:Calahorra, Spanish Kingdom
Parents:Agustón Cascajares y Bardaxí
Catalina de Azara y Mata
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Dora (1882-84)
Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (1882-84)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1884-91)
Archbishop of Valladolid (1891-1901)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1896-98)
Motto:Sit nomen Domini benedictum
("Blessed be the name of the Lord")
Coat Of Arms:Escudo de Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (cardenal).svg

Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (2 March 1834 – 27 July 1901) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Valladolid and archbishop-elect of Zaragoza.[1] [2]

Biography

He was born in Calanda, Teruel Province, Aragon. He joined the military in 1846 and retired with the rank of captain in 1857, to follow his ecclesiastical studies leading to a licentiate in theology and canon law. He was ordained priest in 1861. He served in Zaragoza, Toledo and Burgos. He was elected titular bishop of Dora[3] and named prelate of Ciudad Real on 27 March 1882. He transferred to the see of Calahorra y La Calzada on 27 March 1884 and was promoted to the metropolitan see of Valladolid on 17 December 1891.

Pope Leo XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory on 29 November 1895, with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He opted for the title of Sant'Agostino on 24 March 1898. He was elected archbishop of Zaragoza on 18 April 1901 but he died (before taking possession of the see) on 27 July 1901 in Calahorra. He was buried in Calanda - his birthplace.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zara0.htm. Bishops of Zaragoza.
  2. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dzars.html Archdiocese of Zaragoza
  3. The titular see of Dora had united the priorate of the four military orders of Santiago, Alcántara, Calatrava and Montesa in the city of Ciudad Real. The occupant had the authority of grand master of the orders and exercised spiritual jurisdiction in the territory of that civil province.

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