Agustín Parrado y García

Agustín Parrado y García (5 October 1872—8 October 1946) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Granada from 1934 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.


Agustín Parrado y García
Archbishop of Granada
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseGranada
SeeGranada
Appointed4 April 1934
Term ended8 October 1946
PredecessorVicente Casanova y Marzol
SuccessorBalbino Santos y Olivera
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino (1946)
Orders
Ordination21 September 1895
Consecration16 August 1925
by Julián de Diego y García Alcolea
Created cardinal18 February 1946
by Pope Pius XII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Agustín Parrado y García

5 October 1872
Died8 October 1946(1946-10-08) (aged 74)
Granada, Spain
BuriedGranada Cathedral
Previous post(s)
MottoTibi post haec, fili mi, ultra quid faciam
Coat of armsAgustín Parrado y García's coat of arms
Styles of
Agustín Parrado y García
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeGranada

Biography edit

Agustín Parrado y García was born in Fuensaldaña, and studied at the seminary in Valladolid before being ordained to the priesthood on 21 September 1895. He then taught at the Valladolid seminary and at the Pontifical University of Valladolid. After becoming Vice-Rector of the seminary of Valladolid, Parrado was made canon penitentiary of the cathedral chapter of Astorga, director of its diocesan newspaper, and an official of the diocesan curia.

He was later made a diocesan official of Salamanca, dean of the Theological Faculty at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 14 June 1922.

On 20 May 1925, Parrado was appointed Bishop of Palencia by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration in the same year from Archbishop Julián de Diego y García Alcolea, with Bishops Manuel de Castro Alonso and Manuel María Vidal y Boullón serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Salamanca.

Parrado was later named Archbishop of Granada, ending a nearly four-year-long vacancy, on 7 March 1934 and an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 17 October 1945. Pope Pius XII created him Cardinal Priest of Sant'Agostino in the consistory of 22 February 1946.

The Cardinal died in Granada, at age 74. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Granada.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Palencia
1925–1934
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Granada
1934–1946
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Priest of Sant'Agostino
Feb 1946–Oct 1946
Succeeded by