Fernando Quiroga Palacios
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Fernando Quiroga Palacios (21 January 1900 – 7 December 1971) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela from 1949 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiroga and the second or maternal family name is Palacios.
Quick Facts His Eminence, Church ...
Fernando Quiroga Palacios | |
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Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Santiago de Compostela |
See | Santiago de Compostela |
Appointed | 4 June 1949 |
Term ended | 7 December 1971 |
Predecessor | Carmelo Ballester Nieto |
Successor | Ángel Suquía Goicoechea |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino (1953-71) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 June 1922 by Florencio Cerviño González |
Consecration | 24 March 1946 by Antonio García y García |
Created cardinal | 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Fernando Quiroga Palacios 21 January 1900 San Pedro de Maceda, San Pedro de Maceda, Spanish Kingdom |
Died | 7 December 1971(1971-12-07) (aged 71) Hospital San Pedro, Madrid, Spain |
Buried | Santiago de Compostela Cathedral |
Parents | Francisco Quiroga Álvarez Teresa Palacios Vázquez |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Mondoñedo (1945-49) Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (1949-50) President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (1966-69) |
Alma mater | Pontifical Biblical Institute |
Motto | Omnia in caritate fiant |
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Quick Facts Styles of, Reference style ...
Styles of Fernando Quiroga Palacios | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Santiago de Compostela |
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