Type: | Bishop |
José María Cirarda Lachiondo | |
Archbishop of Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela (Emeritus) | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela |
Term: | 1978–1993 |
Predecessor: | José Méndez Asensio |
Successor: | Fernando Sebastián Aguilar |
Ordination: | 5 July 1942 |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1917 |
Death Place: | Vitória, Spain |
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José María Cirarda Lachiondo (23 May 1917 – 17 September 2008) was a Spanish Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Lachiondo was born in Baquio, Spain and was ordained a priest on 5 July 1942. Lachiondo was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seville as well as Titular Bishop of Drusiliana on 9 April 1960 and ordained a bishop on 29 June 1960. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Santander on 22 July 1968 and then the Diocese of Córdoba in Spain on 3 December 1971. On 31 December 1978 Lachiondo was appointed to the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela and would remain at diocese until retirement on 26 March 1993.