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José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero

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His Most Reverend
José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero
Bishop of Córdoba
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Diocese Córdoba
Predecessor Sebastián Herrero Espinosa de los Monteros
Successor Ramón Guillamet y Coma
Personal details
Born 2 July 1828
Died 23 March 1913 (aged 84)
Denomination Roman Catholic

José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero (Born 2 July 1828, died 23 March 1913) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, who served successively as apostolic administrator of Ceuta, bishop of Canarias, Segovia and Córdoba[1]

Biography

Born in Pozoblanco on July 2, 1828, he studied at the Córdoba Seminary, where he later became a professor.[2] He was ordained as a priest in 1853.[1]

He was appointed apostolic administrator of Ceuta and titular bishop of Antipatris in 1877 by Pope Pius IX,[1] in 1879 he became Bishop of Canarias.[3] Eleven years later, in 1890 he was appointed to the diocese of Segovia[4] and in 1898 he was named bishop of Córdoba.[5] He died in Córdoba on 23 March 1913.[1]

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