- Isidro Goma y Tomas
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See=Toledo|Isidro Cardinal Goma y Tomas (
19 August 1869 -22 August 1940 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.Isidro Goma y Tomas was born in
La Riba ,Spain . He was educated at theSeminary ofTarragona , and the Seminary of Valencia.Priesthood
He was ordained on
8 June 1895 in Tarragona. He did pastoral work in thearchdiocese of Tarragona until 1897 after which he worked as a faculty member of thePontifical Seminary of Tarragona from 1897 until 1899. He served as itsrector until 1906. He was also a faculty member of thePontifical University of Tarragona from 1897 until 1899. He worked in the diocesan curia until 1927.Episcopate
He was appointed as
bishop ofTarazona on20 June 1927 byPope Pius XI . He was appointed asapostolic administrator ofTudela from December 1927 until June 1933. He was promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Toledo on12 April 1933 .Cardinalate
He as created
Cardinal-Priest of "San Pietro in Montorio " in theconsistory of16 December 1935 byPope Pius XI . He strongly supported theNational Movement duringSpanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939. He participated in the conclave of 1939 that electedPope Pius XII . He died in 1940.
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