Gregorio María Aguirre y García

Gregorio María Aguirre y García (12 March 1835 – 10 October 1913) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.[1]


Gregorio María Aguirre y Garcia

Archbishop of Toledo
Patriarch of Indias Occidentales
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseToledo
SeeToledo
Appointed29 April 1909
Term ended10 October 1913
PredecessorCiriaco María Sancha y Hervás
SuccessorVictoriano Guisasola y Menéndez
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1907–13)
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 1859
by Cirilo de Alameda y Brea
Consecration21 June 1885
by Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Created cardinal15 April 1907
by Pope Pius X
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Gregorio María Aguirre y García

12 March 1835
Pola de Gordón, Spanish Kingdom
Died10 October 1913(1913-10-10) (aged 78)
Toledo, Kingdom of Spain
BuriedToledo Cathedral
ParentsTomá Aguirre de la Canal
Anastasia García Álvarez
MottoMisericordia ejus respexit humilitatem
Styles of
Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeToledo

Biography

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Early life and education

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Gregorio María Aguirre y García was born in La Pola de Gordón, León Province; he was educated at the Seminary of Leon, and the Colegio de Pastrana.[2]

Priesthood

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Cardinal Aguirre.

He was ordained in the Franciscan Order[3] and served as a faculty member and rector of several theological colleges of his order in Spain and the Philippines. He was lecturer of philosophy from 1860 until 1863; and theology from 1863 to 1879. He was rector of the schools of Consuegra, 1867–1870; Pastrana, 1870–1876; Almagro, 1878; and Puebla de Montalbán, 1881.

Episcopate

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He was appointed as bishop of Lugo on 27 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII. He served as Senator of the Spanish kingdom from 1893 until 1895, and again from 1902 until his death. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Burgos on 18 May 1894.[2] From 1909 until his death, he was Archbishop of Toledo.[4]

Cardinalate

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He was created cardinal priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in the consistory of 15 April 1907[5] by Pope Pius X. He was transferred to the primatial see of Toledo on 29 April 1909. He died on 10 October 1913.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Toledo
29 April 1909 – 10 October 1913
Succeeded by