Benito Sanz y Forés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sanz and the second or maternal family name is Forés.
His Eminence

Benito Sanz y Forés
Archbishop of Seville
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSeville
SeeSeville
Appointed30 December 1889
Term ended1 November 1895
PredecessorZeferino González y Díaz Tuñón
SuccessorMarcelo Spínola y Maestre
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio (1893-95)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Oviedo (1868-81)
Archbishop of Valladolid (1881-89)
Orders
Ordination27 March 1852
by Pablo García y Abella
Consecration8 November 1868
by Alessandro Franchi
Created cardinal16 January 1893
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Benito Sanz y Forés

21 March 1828
Gandía, Safor, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain
Died1 November 1895(1895-11-01) (aged 67)
Madrid, Spanish Kingdom
BuriedSeville Cathedral
ParentsAndrés Sanz y López
Josefa Forés y Blanquer
Alma materUniversity of Valencia
MottoDominus illuminatio mea et salus mea
("The Lord is my light and my salvation")

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

Benito Sanz was born in Gandía, Valencia Province. He was educated at the University of Valencia where he studied philosophy and law, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law in 1848;[2] 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.

Priesthood

He was ordained on March 27, 1852 in Valencia. He worked in the Archdiocese of Valencia as a professor of canon law in its seminary from 1851–1857 and as 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.

Episcopate

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

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.[1]

Holy Cave of Covadonga

In 1872 he travelled to the Holy Cave of Covadonga and promoted its renovation; in 1874 he laid the first stone of the chapel dedicated to the Virgin inside the Cave and opened the chapel to the worship of the faithful during the September festivals.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)
  2. ^ a b Real Academy of History, Benito Sanz y Forés
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Oviedo
June 22, 1868–December 30, 1889 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Valladolid
November 18, 1881–1 November 1895 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Seville
30 December 1889–1 November 1895 		Succeeded by


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