Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats

Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats (11 January 1868 - 9 August 1936) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic church and Bishop of Sergorbe.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serra and the second or maternal family name is Succrants.
His Most Reverend

Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats
Bishop of Sergorbe
ArchdioceseValencia
DioceseSergorbe
PredecessorLuis Amigó Ferrer
SuccessorRamón Sanahuja y Marcé
Orders
Ordination16 April 1892
Consecration7 October 1923
by Francisco Vidal y Barraquer
Personal details
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman Catholic

Biography

Serra was born on the 11 January 1868 in Olot in Girona Spain. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained on 16 April 1892. On the 14 December 1922, Pope Pius XI named him bishop of the Diocese of Canarias - part of the Canary Islands and took office on 7 October 1923.[2] He was translated to the diocese of Sergorbe 16 January 1936.[1]

Death

Serra, along with other religious including his brother, was shot dead during the persecution of religious in Spain on 9 August 1936.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Bishop Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "Diocese of Islas Canarias". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "Nuestras trece rosas - Persecución y Martirio del Episcopado Español 1931-1939". Web Archive of persecucionreligiosa.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

Further reading
  • González Rodríguez, María Encarnación (2012). The twelve martyred bishops of the 20th century in Spain . ISBN 978-8-471-41743-5


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