Benjamín de Arriba y Castro

Cardinal Benjamín de Arriba y Castro ( born April 8, 1886 in La Ferrería, Santa María de Peñamayor, Lugo, Galicia, † March 8, 1973 in Barcelona, Catalonia ) was Archbishop of Tarragona Roman Catholic Church in Spain.

Life

The son of Antonio de Arribas and Pilar Castro took nine years old with his family to Madrid. He studied at the seminary in Madrid, at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the Pontifical University of Toledo and the Pontifical Academy of St.. Thomas Aquinas. In Rome he was a seminarian at the Pontifical Spanish College. The Cardinal Secretary of State, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, initiated him in Rome on 14 July 1912 a priest. From 1913 to 1921 he taught at the seminary in Madrid and became a canon of the cathedral chapter of Madrid. From 1921 to 1930 he was secretary of the diocesan chamber and then the consultant and Progeneralvikar and Vicar General from 1932 to early 1935.

Pope Pius XI. appointed him on May 1, 1935, Bishop of Mondoñedo. The bishop of Madrid, Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, donated to him on 16 June of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Prudencio Melo y Alcalde were co-consecrators, Archbishop of Valencia, and Manuel González y García, Bishop of Málaga. As a motto he chose Los ataré con atadura de amor ( os Traian in vinculas caritativas ).

On 8 August 1944 he was appointed bishop of Oviedo and introduced into the office on 29 October of the same year. On January 22, 1949, he was appointed archbishop of Tarragona. Pius XII. took him on 12 January 1953 as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio to the College of Cardinals. He participated in the conclaves in 1958 and 1963. From his office he resigned on 19 November 1970. He died on March 8, 1973 at 15.45 clock in Barcelona at the age of 86 years and is buried in a plain grave in the bottom of a parish church in Tarragona.

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He participated in the Second Vatican Council, spoke in October 1963 on behalf of sixty Spanish bishops in the debate on the scheme for the Virgin Mary and supported the need for a separate document on the Mariology because of the special importance of the Mother of God in the economy of salvation. However, the Virgin was later included in the document on the Church, without mentioning the title of co-redeemer. Back in November of that year he took part in the debate on Ecumenism to emphasize once again that the doctrine of Christ has been entrusted solely to the Catholic Church and she has the right and the duty to preach the gospel throughout the world.

On September 15, 1965 at the fourth meeting of the Council, he reiterated the same idea in the debate on religious freedom, the future declaration Dignitatis Humanae. Only the Catholic Church has the right and the duty to preach the gospel. Therefore, proselytizing is illegal by Catholics and non-Catholics must be prevented in order to preserve the common good not only by the Church but also by the state. The Council therefore should not ruin the Catholic religion in countries where this religion is almost unique. In fact, [ ... ] many, especially among the unsuspecting say that all religions seem to be the same. And finally he said: Well, no, and it's important.

Honors

• Cruz de Mérito Naval, con distintivo blanco
• Grand Cross of the Order de Isabel la Católica (1949 )
• Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1952 )
• Grand Cross of the Order of Civil de San Raimundo de Peñafort (1960 )
• Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III. (1964)
• Grand Cross of Military Merit, con distintivo blanco
• Medalla de Oro de la Juventud y Medalla de Oro de Tarragona
• Medalla de Duarte in the Dominican Republic.
• Hijo Predilecto (actually " favorite child " ) so honorary citizen of the province of Lugo
• Hijo adoptivo (actually " adopted child " ) that is an honorary citizen of Alforja, Mont Blanc, Riudoms, Ferrol and Cardedeu