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Judas José Romo y Gamboa

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His Eminence
Judas José Romo y Gamboa
Archbishop of Seville
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Church Catholic
Archdiocese Seville
Predecessor Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos
Successor Manuel Joaquín Tarancón y Morón
Orders
Consecration 1 May 1834
by Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete
Created cardinal 30 September 1850
by Pope Pius IX
Personal details
Born 7 January 1779
Toledo, Spain
Died 11 January 1855 (aged 76)
Seville, Spain

Judas José Romo y Gamboa (7 January 1779 – 11 January 1855) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Cardinal Archbishop of Seville.[1] Previously he had served as Bishop of Canarias in the Canary Islands.

Biography

He was born in Toledo, Spain to Brigadier Francisco Romo y Gamboa (1746–1813) and Ramona Fernández Manrique (1750–1787), and was educated at the University of Huesca.[2] Details of his ordination to the priesthood are not known, however, he was selected as Bishop of Canarias by Pope Gregory XVI in 1833 and took up the role on 1 May 1834.[1][3] In September 1847 Pope Pius IX named him Archbishop of Seville a subsequently elevated him to Cardinal Priest on 30 September 1850.[1][4]

He died on 11 January 1855 in Seville.[1]

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