Juan Francisco Marco y Catalán was a Spanish
Roman Catholic
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cardinal. He was born October 24, 1771 in
Bello, Aragon
Bello is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2003 census (INE
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Institutions
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,
Spain
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.
Cardinalate
On December 15, 1828 Juan was created
cardinal deacon by
Pope Leo XII
Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...
. He was given the red hat on December 28 of the same year.
Catalán participated at the
Papal conclave, 1829
The 1829 papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Leo XII after his death on 10 February 1829 began on 24 February 1829.
It took a long time for the conclave to elect a new pope due to conflict between secular governments concerning who should ...
which elected
Pius VIII
Pope Pius VIII ( it, Pio VIII; born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni; 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 31 March 1829 to his death in November 1830.
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, and at the
Papal conclave, 1830–1831 which elected
Gregory XVI.
Death
Catalán died on March 16, 1841. He was exposed in
San Carlo ai Catinari church,
Rome
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. He was buried with his deaconry.
References
External links
Juan Francisco ''Cardinal'' Marco y Catalán- ''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
1771 births
1841 deaths
19th-century Spanish cardinals
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