Enrique Reig y Casanova

Enrique Reig y Casanova (20 January 1858 - 25 August 1927) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and an archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.


Enrique Reig y Casanova
Archbishop of Toledo
Primate of Spain
c. 1920.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseToledo
SeeToledo
Appointed14 December 1922
Term ended25 August 1927
PredecessorEnrique Almaraz y Santos
SuccessorPedro Segura y Sáenz
Other postsCardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1923–27)
Orders
Ordination1886
by José María Orberá
Consecration8 November 1914
by Francesco Ragonesi
Created cardinal11 December 1922
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameEnrique Reig y Casanova
Born(1858-01-20)20 January 1858
Valencia, Spain
Died25 August 1927(1927-08-25) (aged 69)
Toledo, Spain
BuriedToledo Cathedral
ParentsFrancisco Reig
Ramona Casanova
Previous post
MottoPlura concilium quam ut
Styles of
Enrique Reig y Casanova
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeToledo

Biography

Enrique Reig was born in Valencia, Spain, and was educated at the diocesan seminary of Valencia. He left his studies to get married. He worked as a lawyer in Valencia. When his wife died in 1885 he returned to the seminary.

He was ordained in 1886 in Valencia. He worked in the Diocese of Almeria from 1886 until 1901 doing pastoral work and as a faculty member of its seminary as well as serving as its chancellor and vicar general. In 1901 he was transferred to the Archdiocese of Toledo where he served until 1914 as an archdeacon and canon of the cathedral chapter and its vicar general. He was created Protonotary apostolic on 22 March 1903. He was an Auditor of Sacred Rota of Madrid in 1904 and was Rector of the University of Madrid.

He was appointed as Bishop of Barcelona on 28 March 1914, when Barcelona was not yet an archdiocese. He was named Archbishop of Valencia on 22 April 1920. He was transferred to the see of Toledo on 14 December 1922 at the same time he was named a cardinal. As Archbishop of Toledo, he also held the title Primate of Spain.

Pope Pius XI made him Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio at the consistory of 11 December 1922. To do so, Pius ignored the rule established in 1585 by Pope Sixtus V that no one who had been married could be made a cardinal.[1]

He died on 25 August 1927.

References

  1. "Cardinal Reig Dies in Spain at Age of 77" (PDF). New York Times. 26 August 1927. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera
Bishop of Barcelona
19141920
Succeeded by
Ramón Guillamet y Coma
Preceded by
José María Salvador y Barrera
Archbishop of Valencia
19201922
Succeeded by
Prudencio Melo y Alcalde
Preceded by
Enrique Almaraz y Santos
Archbishop of Toledo
19221927
Succeeded by
Pedro Segura y Sáenz
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