Benito Sanz y Forés

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Benito Cardinal Sanz y Fores †
Church positions
See Archdiocese of Seville
Title Archbishop of Seville, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
Period in office December 30, 1889November 1, 1895
Successor Blessed Marcelo Spinola y Maestre
Previous post Archbishop of Valladolid
Created cardinal January 16, 1893
Personal
Date of birth March 21, 1828(1828-03-21)
Place of birth Gandía, Spain
Date of death November 1, 1895 (aged 67)
Place of death Madrid, Spain

Benito Cardinal Sanz y Fores J.C.D. S.T.D. (21 March 1828 - 1 November 1895) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Seville.

Benito Sanz y Fores was born in Gandía, Spain. He was educated at the University of Valencia where he studied philosophy and law, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law in 1848. He continued his studies at the Seminary of Valencia where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1853 and in a doctorate in theology in 1857.

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[edit] Priesthood

He was ordained on March 27, 1852 in Valencia. Worked in the Archdiocese of Valencia as a professor of canon law in its seminary from 1851-1857 as well as being canon magistral and vicar general. He also worked as an abbreviator in the nunciature in Spain, Madrid and served as a preacher in the Royal Court in 1864 as well as an auditor of the Sacred Rota in Madrid in 1866.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed as bishop of Oviedo by Pope Pius IX on June 22, 1868. He attended the First Vatican Council in Rome from 1869-1870. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Valladolid on November 18, 1881 and transferred to the metropolitan see of Seville on December 30, 1889.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio by Pope Leo XIII in the consistory of January 16, 1893. He died in Madrid two years later and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Seville.

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Preceded by
José Luis Montagut Rubio
Bishop of Oviedo
June 22, 1868December 30, 1889
Succeeded by
Sebastián Herrero Espinosa de los Monteros
Preceded by
Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo
Archbishop of Valladolid
November 18, 18811 November 1895
Succeeded by
Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández
Preceded by
Zeferino Cardinal Gonzalez y Díaz Tunon
Archbishop of Seville
30 December 18891 November 1895
Succeeded by
Marcelo Cardinal Spinola y Maestre
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