Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia

Cardinal Aguirre
Styles of
Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Toledo

Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia (12 March 1835 – 10 October 1913) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

Biography

Early life and education

Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia was born in La Pola de Gordón, León Province. He was educated at the Seminary of Leon, and the Colegio de Pastrana.

Priesthood

He was ordained and served as a faculty member and rector of several theological colleges of his order in Spain and the Philippines. He was lecturer of philosophy from 1860 until 1863; and theology from 1863 to 1879. He was rector of the schools of Consuegra, 1867–1870; Pastrana, 1870–1876; Almagro, 1878; and Puebla de Montalbán, 1881.

Episcopate

He was appointed as bishop of Lugo on 27 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII. He served as Senator of the Spanish kingdom from 1893 until 1895, and again from 1902 until his death. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Burgos on 21 May 1894. From 1909 until his death, he was Archbishop of Toledo.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in the consistory of 15 April 1907 by Pope Pius X. He was transferred to the primatial see of Toledo on 29 April 1909. He died in 1913.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
    Archbishop of Toledo
    29 April 190910 October 1913
    Succeeded by
    Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez


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