José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia

His Eminence José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
The cardinal pictured in 1897.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Santiago de Compostela
See	Santiago de Compostela
Appointed	14 February 1889
Term ended	8 December 1922
Predecessor	Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez
Successor	Manuel Lago y González
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1898–1922)
Orders
Ordination	September 1859
Consecration	3 October 1875 by Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove
Created cardinal	19 April 1897 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia 26 August 1835 Aldeadávila de la Ribera, Salamanca, Spanish Kingdom
Died	8 December 1922(1922-12-08) (aged 87) Santiago de Compostela, Kingdom of Spain
Buried	Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Parents	Francisco Martín de Herrera Rafaela Iglesias
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba (1875–89)
Alma mater	University of Salamanca
Motto	Cor Jesus caritatis victima

Styles of José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Santiago de Compostela

José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (26 August 1835 in Aldeadávila de la Ribera, Spain – 8 December 1922 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain) was a long-serving cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church in the early years of the twentieth century. Unusually, he served as archbishop of dioceses in more than one different country, being both archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and of Santiago de Compostela during his career in the Church.

Ordained in September 1859, José María Martín quickly showed his ability in theology and canon law.^[1] However, rather than become a theology professor he spent the following seventeen years in pastoral work before he was chosen as an Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba (in those days given to someone from Spain) at the relatively young age of forty (at the same time he was in the running to become Auditor of the Roman Rota).

Although he was aided by several other prominent Spaniards in administering his Cuban diocese, José María Martín was eventually returned to Spain in the more prestigious role of Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela^[2] in 1889. He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1897^[3] and participated in the 1903 and 1914 papal conclaves. However, by the time of the 1922 conclave Cardinal Martín was much too old to travel to Rome and thus he excused himself from participating. He died in December of that year.

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External links

• Biography

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