Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (2 October 1916 – 13 July 2006) was a Spanish

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who served as archbishop of Madrid from 1983 until 1994. He was educated at the La Salle Christian Brothers at Beasain from 1925 until 1927. He entered the

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of Saturrarán, Motrico,

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, and remained there until 1931, whereupon he entered the Major Seminary of

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, until 1936. When the

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started in 1936, he was destined to the fort of Guadalupe as a soldiers' instructor. In 1939, he travelled to the Benedictine monastery of

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in Germany, to study

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but when the

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started in that same year, he quickly returned to Spain. He entered the

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in Rome in 1946 remaining there until 1949 where he obtained a doctorate in

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with the highest grades with his thesis on ''La santa Misa en la espiritualidad de San

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''. He was ordained to the priesthood on 7 July 1940. On 17 May 1966

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appointed him to be the Bishop of

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. He served as bishop of

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from 1969 to 1973. He became

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. On 25 May 1985 he was created

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of Gran Madre di Dio. He remained at the see of Madrid until 1994 when he reached the age of 77. He is buried in Almudena Cathedral.

Gallery

Bendición de la catedral por Juan Pablo II (1993) - 27924003187.jpg, Ángel Suquía and

in the consecration of the Almudena Cathedral Funeral del cardenal Suquía (2006).jpg, His successor,

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, leading the procession in his funeral

References

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