Benito Sanz y Forés

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Benito Cardinal Sanz y Fores †

Church positions
See	Archdiocese of Seville
Title	Archbishop of Seville, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
Period in office	December 30, 1889 — November 1, 1895
Successor	Blessed Marcelo Spinola y Maestre
Previous post	Archbishop of Valladolid
Created cardinal	January 16, 1893
Personal
Date of birth	March 21, 1828(1828-03-21)
Place of birth	Gandía, Spain
Date of death	November 1, 1895 (aged 67)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain

Benito Cardinal Sanz y Fores J.C.D. S.T.D. (21 March 1828 - 1 November 1895) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Seville.

Benito Sanz y Fores was born in Gandía, Spain. He was educated at the University of Valencia where he studied philosophy and law, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law in 1848. He continued his studies at the Seminary of Valencia where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1853 and in a doctorate in theology in 1857.

Contents 1 Priesthood 2 Episcopate 3 Cardinalate 4 External links

[edit] Priesthood

He was ordained on March 27, 1852 in Valencia. Worked in the Archdiocese of Valencia as a professor of canon law in its seminary from 1851-1857 as well as being canon magistral and vicar general. He also worked as an abbreviator in the nunciature in Spain, Madrid and served as a preacher in the Royal Court in 1864 as well as an auditor of the Sacred Rota in Madrid in 1866.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed as bishop of Oviedo by Pope Pius IX on June 22, 1868. He attended the First Vatican Council in Rome from 1869-1870. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Valladolid on November 18, 1881 and transferred to the metropolitan see of Seville on December 30, 1889.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio by Pope Leo XIII in the consistory of January 16, 1893. He died in Madrid two years later and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Seville.

[edit] External links

• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic Hierarchy data for this cardinal

Preceded by José Luis Montagut Rubio	Bishop of Oviedo June 22, 1868–December 30, 1889	Succeeded by Sebastián Herrero Espinosa de los Monteros
Preceded by Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo	Archbishop of Valladolid November 18, 1881–1 November 1895	Succeeded by Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández
Preceded by Zeferino Cardinal Gonzalez y Díaz Tunon	Archbishop of Seville 30 December 1889–1 November 1895	Succeeded by Marcelo Cardinal Spinola y Maestre