Albino González y Menédez Reigada

The Most Reverend
Albino González y Menédez Reigada
Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Diocese of Cordova
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna or Diocese of Tenerife and Diocese of Cordova
In office 1924-1946
Predecessor Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu
Successor Domingo Pérez Cáceres
Personal details
Born January 18, 1881
Corias, Cangas del Tineo, Asturias-Spain
Died August 13, 1958
Córdoba, Spain
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Albino González y Menédez Reigada (Corias, Cangas del Tineo, Asturias, Spain, January 18, 1881 – Córdoba, August 13, 1958) was a Spanish ecclesiastic and the seventh Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna[1] and later the Bishop of the Diocese of Cordova.

Episcopate

He was named the bishop of Tenerife on December 8, 1924, by Pope Pius XI.

He was consecrated in Madrid on July 19, 1925. On August 10, 1925, he entered the diocese. During his pontificate, on June 7, 1941, Cardinal Federico Tedeschini solemnly crowned the Image of the Virgin of Las Nieves, Patron of the Island of La Palma. He expanded the seminary building. He created the Minor seminary in 1944. He ordained 48 diocesan priests. He served the diocese for twenty years until his transfer to the Diocese of Cordova.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Historia de la Diócesis Nivariense". Obispado de Tenerife. Retrieved 2017-09-24.


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