Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Algora and the second or maternal family name is Hernando.
The Most Reverend

Antonio Ángel Algora
Bishop of Ciudad Real
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed20 March 2003
Installed2003
Term ended2016
PredecessorRafael Torija de la Fuente
SuccessorGerardo Melgar Viciosa
Previous post(s)Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín
Orders
Ordination23 December 1967
by Saturnino Rubio Montiel
Consecration29 September 1985
by Mario Tagliaferri[1]
Personal details
Born
Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando

(1940-10-02)2 October 1940
La Vilueña, Spain
Died15 October 2020(2020-10-15) (aged 80)
Madrid, Spain

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.

He died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, in Madrid, thirteen days after his 80th birthday.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Muere el obispo emérito de Ciudad Real, Antonio Algora" (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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