Enrique Reig y Casanova explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Enrique Reig y Casanova
Archbishop of Toledo
Primate of Spain
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Toledo
See:Toledo
Appointed:14 December 1922
Term End:25 August 1927
Predecessor:Enrique Almaraz y Santos
Successor:Pedro Segura y Sáenz
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1923–27)
Ordination:1886
Ordained By:José María Orberá
Consecration:8 November 1914
Consecrated By:Francesco Ragonesi
Cardinal:11 December 1922
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius XI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Enrique Reig y Casanova
Birth Date:1858 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Valencia, Spain
Death Place:Toledo, Spain
Buried:Toledo Cathedral
Parents:Francisco Reig
Ramona Casanova
Motto:Plura concilium quam ut
Cardinal Name:Enrique Reig y Casanova
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Toledo

Enrique Reig y Casanova (20 January 1858 – 25 August 1927) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and an archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

Biography

Enrique Reig was born in Valencia, Spain, and was educated at the diocesan seminary of Valencia. He left his studies to get married. He worked as a lawyer in Valencia. When his wife died in 1885 he returned to the seminary.[1] He was ordained in 1886 in Valencia. He worked in the Diocese of Almeria from 1886 until 1901 doing pastoral work and as a faculty member of its seminary as well as serving as its chancellor and vicar general. In 1901 he was transferred to the Archdiocese of Toledo where he served until 1914 as an archdeacon and canon of the cathedral chapter and its vicar general. He was created Protonotary apostolic on 22 March 1903. He was an Auditor of Sacred Rota of Madrid in 1904 and was Rector of the University of Madrid. He was appointed as Bishop of Barcelona on 28 March 1914, when Barcelona was not yet an archdiocese. He was named Archbishop of Valencia on 22 April 1920. He was transferred to the see of Toledo on 14 December 1922 at the same time he was named a cardinal. As Archbishop of Toledo, he also held the title Primate of Spain.

Pope Pius XI made him Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio at the consistory of 11 December 1922.[2] To do so, Pius ignored the rule established in 1585 by Pope Sixtus V that no one who had been married could be made a cardinal.[3]

He died on 25 August 1927 and was buried at the metropolitan cathedral of Toledo.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. https://www.architoledo.org/archidiocesis/episcopio/arzobispo-don-enrique-reig-casanova/ Archdiocese de Toledo website, Episcopology: Archbishop Enrique Reig y Casanova (1922-1927)
  2. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1922.htm Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Pius XI (1922-1939)
  3. News: New York Times . 16 July 2018 . Cardinal Reig Dies in Spain at Age of 77. 26 August 1927 .
  4. https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/reig-casanova-enrique ABE Books website, Enrique Reig y Casanova