- Juan Soldevilla y Romero
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cardinal name=Juan Cardinal Soldevilla y Romero
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See=Zaragoza |Juan Cardinal Soldevilla y Romero (
October 29 ,1843 —June 4 ,1923 ) was a Spanishprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Zaragoza from 1901 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1919.Biography
Juan Soldevilla y Romero was born in
Fuentelapeña , and studied at the seminaries in Valladolid and Toledo before being ordained to the priesthood onDecember 28 ,1867 . He obtained his doctorate in theology from the Central Seminary of Santiago de Compostela in 1868, and then studied canon law at the seminary in Tuy.Soldevilla served as a
curate in three parishes in the Archdiocese ofValladolid , and becamesecretary to the BishopCesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez (1875), acathedral canon (1883), and anarchpriest (1887). Along with sitting on the ProvincialJunta of Beneficence and on the Diocesan Junta for the Reconstruction of Churches, he was the Royal Preacher and aknight of the Royal American Order of "Isabel la Católica", a secretary capitular, andsynod al examiner. In 1885, he was a member of the Junta for the assistance of victims of acholera epidemic .On
February 14 ,1889 , Soldevilla was appointed Bishop of Tarazona byPope Leo XIII . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingApril 28 from Archbishop Benito Sanz y Forés, with BishopsMariano Alguacil y Fernández and Cesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez. Soldevilla wasApostolic Administrator of Tudela from 1889 to 1901, and was promoted to Archbishop of Zaragoza onDecember 16 ,1901 .Pope Benedict XV created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Maria del Popolo" in theconsistory ofDecember 15 ,1919 , receiving his cardinalatial biretta from King Alphonse XIII on Christmas Day of that same year. Soldevilla was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1922 papal conclave, which selectedPope Pius XI .At age 79, Cardinal Soldevilla was assassinated by the anarchist group
Los Solidarios inZaragoza . He is buried at theBasilica of Our Lady of the Pillar .External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-s.htm#Soldevilla Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsoro.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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