Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin

Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin (17 January 1890 - 7 May 1973) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic church and Bishop of the Diocese of Canarias.[1]

His Most Reverend

Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin
Bishop of Diocese of Canarias
Fortitudo nostra nomen Jesu
ArchdioceseSeville
DioceseCanarias
PredecessorMiguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats
SuccessorJosé Antonio Infantes Florido
Orders
Ordination13 September 1913
Consecration14 February 1937
by Federico Tedeschini
Personal details
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoFortitudo nostra nomen Jesu

Biography

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Pildáin was born on the 17 January 1890 in Guipúzcoa in the Basque region of Spain. He studied for the priesthood in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Rome and was ordained on 13 September 1913. On the 18 May 1936, Pope Pius XI named him bishop of the Diocese of Canarias - part of the Canary Islands including the islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. He retired from his role in 1966 and died in Las Palmas on 7 May 1973.[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Bishop Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Personajes singulares del siglo XX: VI – Antonio Pildain Zapiain, Obispo de Canarias, intransigente con Franco, Pérez Galdós y Unamuno (in Spanish)". Espacios Europeos. Retrieved 24 June 2021.