Gregorio María Cardinal Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina

Patriarch of West Indies

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1835		Born
1857²	21.8	Professed	Member of Order of Discalced Friars Minor
Sep 1859³	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Friars Minor
27 Mar 1885	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
21 Jun 1885	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
21 May 1894	59.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
20 Aug 1894	59.4	Installed	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
2 Dec 1899	64.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
15 Apr 1907	72.0	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Dec 1907	72.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
29 Apr 1909	74.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
29 Apr 1909	74.1	Appointed	Patriarch of West Indies, Spain
10 Oct 1913	78.5	Died	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gregorio María Aguirre y García
(VIAF: 2460422; WikiData: Q1353207)
Gregorio María Cardinal Aguirre y García O.F.M. Disc. (born 12 Mar 1835, died 10 Oct 1913) Archbishop of Toledo

Consistory - April 1907: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Pola de Gordón, Diocese of Oviedo
Ordained Bishop San Fernando, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo
Death Place Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 28.3 years
a cardinal for 6.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Cirilo Cardinal de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. †
Archbishop of Toledo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro †
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Benito Sanz y Forés †
Archbishop of Valladolid
Bishop Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of Salamanca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mariano Cidad y Olmos † (1897)
Archbishop Antolín López y Peláez † (1905)
Bishop Juan Antón de la Fuente † (1906)
Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde † (1908)
Bishop Manuel San Román y Elena † (1909)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M. Disc. † (1886)
Bishop Pelayo González y Conde † (1891)
Archbishop Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. Obs. † (1891)
Bishop José Cueto y Díez de la Maza, O.P. † (1891)
Bishop José Ramón Quesada y Gascón † (1894)
Bishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo † (1894)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pola de Gordón, Diocese of Oviedo
Ordained Bishop	San Fernando, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo
Death Place	Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 163, and Page 350
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1885, Number 36

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