Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga

Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (August 15, 1911 – August 23, 2006) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. At the time of his death, aged 95, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of the oldest bishops in Spain.[1]

Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga
Bishop of Vitoria Diocese (Emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeVitoria Diocese
In office1955–1978
PredecessorJosé María Bueno y Monreal
SuccessorJosé María Larrauri Lafuente
Orders
OrdinationMarch 28, 1936
ConsecrationMarch 20, 1955
by Ildebrando Antoniutti
Personal details
Born(1911-08-15)August 15, 1911
Híjar
DiedAugust 23, 2006(2006-08-23) (aged 95)
NationalitySpain
Previous postBishop

Biography

Lafuente was born in Híjar in 1911 and was ordained a priest on March 28, 1936. He had his first pastoral chargement as parson of Jatiel, Castelnou and La Puebla de Híjar. He was also professor at the seminar and at the University of Zaragoza.

Appointed Bishop of Vitoria on January 9, 1955, he was consecrated on the following March 20 by Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti, apostolic nuncio in Spain.

He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council and promoted in his diocese the liturgical reforms by the Council.[2]

He resigned on July 10, 1978 an died on August 23, 2006,[3] eight days after his was ninety-fifth birthday.

Bibliography
  • Mariano Laborda, Recuerdos de Híjar, Centro de Iniciativas Turísticas del Cuadro Artístito de Híjar, 1980.
  • Mariano Laborda, Recuerdos de Híjar 2, Centro de Iniciativas Turísticas del Cuadro Artístito de Híjar, 1993.

References
  1. PERALTA BALLABRIGA, Francisco
  2. Henry de Lubac, Quaderni del Concilio
  3. Francisco Peralta, obispo emérito de Vitoria
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
José María Bueno y Monreal		 Bishop of Vitoria
10 January 1955 – 10 July 1978		 Succeeded by
José María Larrauri Lafuente
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