Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón

His Eminence

Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón
Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSeville
SeeSeville
Installed15 March 1883 (first)
15 January 1886 (second)
Term ended27 March 1885 (first)
28 November 1889 (second)
PredecessorJoaquín Lluch y Garriga (first)
Bienvenido Monzón y Martín (second)
SuccessorBienvenido Monzón y Martín (first)
Benito Sanz y Forés (second)
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1887-94)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Malaga (1874-75)
Bishop of Córdoba (1875-83)
Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1885-86)
Archbishop of Toledo (1885-86)
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 1854
Consecration24 October 1875
by Manuel García Gil
Created cardinal10 November 1884
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born28 January 1831
Villoria, Asturias, Kingdom of Spain
Died29 November 1894(1894-11-29) (aged 63)
La Pasión convent, Madrid, Spanish Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Manila
Styles of
Cardinal Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón
Reference styleMonseñor
Spoken styleSu Eminencia Reverendísima
Informal styleCardinal

Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón (28 January 1831 – 29 November 1894) was a Spanish Dominican theologian, and philosopher, Archbishop of Seville and cardinal.

Life

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On 28 November 1844, in the College of Ocania, González entered the Dominican Order, and a year later took his solemn vows. He was sent to Manila in 1848 to complete his studies, and in January 1853, he was made a lector of philosophy. The following year he was ordained priest. After teaching philosophy and theology for many years in the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, he returned to Spain in 1867, where, the year following, he was elected rector of Ocania College, discharging the duties of this office for three years.

In 1874, he was named Bishop of Málaga, but, before taking charge of this diocese, he was consecrated Bishop of Córdoba in October 1875. Eight years later he was removed to the archiepiscopal See of Seville, and in November 1884, he was created cardinal by Pope Leo XIII, with Santa Maria sopra Minerva as his titular church.

In May 1885, Cardinal González was appointed to the primacy of Spain, was made Patriarch of the West Indies, vicar-general of the army, and major-chaplain to the royal chapel. After many years of service González, in December 1889, resigned all his offices and dignities, except that of the cardinalate, and retired from active life. The remaining five years of his life were spent in study and prayer.

He was honoured with medals of Isabella the Catholic and Charles III, he was appointed chancellor of Castile, was chosen as royal adviser, made a member of the Royal Academy of Languages, of History, of Moral and Political Sciences, and of the Roman Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Works

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Besides those below, among his several works are: "La Biblia y la ciencia"; "La infalibilidad pontificia" (pamphlet); "Discurso de recepción en la Academia Española" (pamphlet); "Discurso de recepción en la Academia de Ciencias políticas y morales" (pamphlet).

Contains the three essays:
La filosofía de la historia
La inmortalidad del alma y sus destinos segun una teoría krauso-espiritista
El positivismo materialista
Contains the five essays:
La Economia política y el cristianismo
Los temblores de tierra
Sobre una Biblioteca de teólogos españoles
La definición de la infalibilidad pontificia
Sermon de Santo Tomás de Aquino

Sources

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  • Acta Cap. Ord. Praed. (Rome, 1885);
  • Hugo von Hurter, Nomenclator literarius, III (Innsbruck, 1895), 1499;
  • Vigil, La orden de praedicatores (Madrid, 1884), 297.
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Zeferino González". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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