Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga

Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (15 August 1911 – 23 August 2006) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. At the time of his death, aged 95, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of the oldest bishops in Spain.[1]

Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga
Bishop of Vitoria Diocese (Emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeVitoria Diocese
In office1955–1978
PredecessorJosé María Bueno y Monreal
SuccessorJosé María Larrauri Lafuente
Previous post(s)Bishop
Orders
Ordination28 March 1936
Consecration20 March 1955
by Ildebrando Antoniutti
Personal details
Born(1911-08-15)15 August 1911
Died23 August 2006(2006-08-23) (aged 95)
NationalitySpanish

Biography

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Lafuente was born in Híjar in 1911 and was ordained a priest on 28 March 1936. He had his first pastoral chargement as parson of Jatiel, Castelnou and La Puebla de Híjar. He was also professor at the seminar and at the University of Zaragoza.

Appointed Bishop of Vitoria on 9 January 1955, he was consecrated on the following 20 March by Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti, apostolic nuncio in Spain.

He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council and promoted in his diocese the liturgical reforms by the council.[2]

He resigned on 10 July 1978 and died on 23 August 2006,[3] eight days after his was ninety-fifth birthday.

Bibliography

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  • Mariano Laborda, Recuerdos de Híjar, Centro de Iniciativas Turísticas del Cuadro Artístito de Híjar, 1980.
  • Mariano Laborda, Recuerdos de Híjar 2, Centro de Iniciativas Turísticas del Cuadro Artístito de Híjar, 1993.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Vitoria
10 January 1955 – 10 July 1978
Succeeded by