Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando
Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando (2 October 1940 – 15 October 2020) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Teruel and Albarracín from 1985 to 2003 and Ciudad Real from 2003 to 2016.
Antonio Ángel Algora | |
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Bishop of Ciudad Real | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Appointed | 20 March 2003 |
Installed | 2003 |
Term ended | 2016 |
Predecessor | Rafael Torija de la Fuente |
Successor | Gerardo Melgar Viciosa |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 December 1967 by Saturnino Rubio Montiel |
Consecration | 29 September 1985 by Mario Tagliaferri[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando 2 October 1940 |
Died | 15 October 2020 80) Madrid, Spain | (aged
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín |
He died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, in Madrid, thirteen days after his 80th birthday.[2]
References
- "Bishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- "Muere el obispo emérito de Ciudad Real, Antonio Algora" (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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