- Enrique Almaraz y Santos
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See=Seville|Enrique Cardinal Almaraz y Santos S.T.D. (
22 September 1847 -22 January 1922 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Seville. He also held the position ofPrimate ofSpain and thereforeArchbishop of Toledo .Enrique Almaraz y Santos was born in
La Vellés ,Spain . He was educated at the CentralSeminary ofSalamanca where in 1876 he was awarded adoctorate intheology .Priesthood
He was ordained in the
diocese of Salamanca and remained there doing pastoral work. He served as a faculty member of the Seminary of Salamanca and was canon schoolmaster at the cathedral of Salamanca in 1874. During this time he was created Privy chamberlain. He was transferred toMadrid where he was a preacher of the Royal Chamber at the Court of the King. He served as secretary to thebishop of Madrid and was a faculty member of Seminary of Madrid. He was appointed asVicar capitular of Madrid in April 1886.Episcopate
Pope Leo XIII appointed himbishop of Palencia on18 January 1893 and was consecrated on16 April . He was a Senator of the Spanish kingdom from 1899-1902. He was promoted to themetropolitan see ofSeville on18 April 1907 . He was reappointed as Senator of the Spanish kingdom in November 1907, serving until his death.Cardinalate
He was created Cardinal-Priest of "
San Pietro in Montorio " byPope Pius X in the consistory of27 November 1911 . He participated in the conclave of 1914 that electedPope Benedict XV . He was transferred to the primatial see of Toledo on16 December 1920 .Death. January 22, 1922, Madrid. Buried, metropolitan cathedral, Toledo.
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