Benito Sanz y Forés
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See | Archdiocese of Seville |
Title | Archbishop of Seville, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio |
Period in office | December 30, 1889 — November 1, 1895 |
Successor | Blessed Marcelo Spinola y Maestre |
Previous post | Archbishop of Valladolid |
Created cardinal | January 16, 1893 |
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Date of birth | March 21, 1828 |
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, 1868–December 30, 1889 |
Succeeded by Sebastián Herrero Espinosa de los Monteros |
Preceded by Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo |
Archbishop of Valladolid November 18, 1881–1 November 1895 |
Succeeded by Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández |
Preceded by Zeferino Cardinal Gonzalez y Díaz Tunon |
Archbishop of Seville 30 December 1889–1 November 1895 |
Succeeded by Marcelo Cardinal Spinola y Maestre |