Salvador Montes de Oca
Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Salvador Montes de Oca (21 October 1895 – 6 September 1944) – in religious Bernard(o) – was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate and novice from the Carthusians who served as the Bishop of Valencia from 1927 until his resignation in 1934.[1] Montes had limited pastoral experience before being appointed as a bishop but had served for a period as a spiritual director and after his appointment was known for upholding traditional teachings.[1] But his defense of tradition on marriage and divorce led to his expulsion from Venezuela on the charge of inciting "rebellion" to which he was forced to reside at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago from late 1929 until late 1931.
Salvador Montes de Oca | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Valencia | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Valencia |
See | Valencia |
Appointed | 20 June 1927 |
Installed | 27 October 1927 |
Term ended | 22 December 1934 |
Predecessor | Francisco Antonio Granadillo |
Successor | Gregorio Adam Dalmau |
Orders | |
Ordination | 14 May 1922 by Aguedo Felipe Alvarado Liscano |
Consecration | 23 October 1927 by Fernando Cento |
Personal details | |
Born | Salvador Montes de Oca (1895-10-21)21 October 1895 |
Died | 6 September 1944(1944-09-06) (aged 48) Nocchi, Camaiore, Lucca, Kingdom of Italy |
Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Bilta (1934–40) |
Motto | Oported Illum Regnare |
Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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He later resigned from his see following an attack of peritonitis and moved to Lucca to enter the Carthusians as a novice. He and other monks were killed after a Nazi raid who alleged the monks were harboring their enemies.[1]
The beatification process for Montes opened on 11 March 2017 in the latter's old diocese and he is now titled as a Servant of God.