Isidro Gomá y Tomás

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Bishop of Tarazona (1927–33)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (1927–33)
    • Alma materUniversity of Valencia
    MottoUt Ecclesia aedificationem accipiat
    Coat of armsIsidro Gomá y Tomás's coat of arms
    Styles of
    Isidro Gomá y Tomás
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    Spoken styleYour Eminence
    Informal styleCardinal
    SeeToledo

    Isidro Gomá y Tomás (19 August 1869 – 22 August 1940) was the

    Archbishop of Toledo
    and was Primate of Spain.
    Roman Catholic religion and prohibits all others. [3]

    At the end of the Spanish Civil War he wrote; "The Church has applied the full weight of her prestige, which has been placed at the service of truth and justice, to bring about the triumph of the National Cause."[4]

    Isidro Gomá y Tomás was born in the Catalan town of

    Valencia
    .

    Priesthood

    He was ordained on 8 June 1895 in Tarragona. He did pastoral work in the

    archdiocese of Tarragona until 1897 after which he worked as a faculty member of the Pontifical Seminary of Tarragona from 1897 until 1899. He served as its rector until 1906. He was also a faculty member of the Pontifical University of Tarragona from 1897 until 1899. He worked in the diocesan curia
    until 1927.

    Episcopate

    Isidro Gomá in 1930.

    He was appointed as

    apostolic administrator of Tudela from December 1927 until June 1933. He was promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Toledo
    on 12 April 1933.

    Cardinalate

    He was created

    conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII
    . He died in 1940.

    In 1938, when it was evident that the Nationalists had the upper hand, Gomá made it clear that reconciliation was not forthcoming and contributed to the fervor of White Terror: "Indeed, it is necessary to end the war. But do not let it end with a compromise, with an agreement nor with reconciliation. It is necessary to take hostilities to the point of achieving victory at the point of a sword. Let the reds surrender, since they have been beaten. There is no pacification possible other than through arms. In order to organise peace within a Christian constitution it is vital to uproot all the rot of secular legislation."[1] His fiery preaching, including exhortations to massacre the "reds" and his repeated benedictions of Franco's guns and tanks, were loudly shamed by Catholic French writer Georges Bernanos, then a right wing sympathiser, in his book "Les grands cimetières sous la lune" (The great graveyards under the moonlight), a first-hand account, with pamphletary overtones, of the Spanish Civil War which he witnessed in the Balearic island of Mallorca.[citation needed]

    According to Antony Beevor:

    Cardinal Gomá stated that 'Jews and Masons poisoned the national soul with absurd doctrine'... A few brave priests put their lives at risk by criticizing nationalist atrocities, but the majority of the clergy in nationalist areas revelled in their new-found power and the increased size of their congregations. Anyone who did not attend Mass faithfully was likely to be suspected of 'red' tendencies. Entrepreneurs made a great money selling religious symbols... It was reminiscent of the way the Inquisition's persecutions of Jews and Moors helped make pork such an important part of the Spanish diet.[5]: 96 

    Notes

    1. ^ a b "Civil War and the Catholic Church", "Spain then and now", 14 February 2014. "Archived" from the original on June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
    2. ^ Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge. Harper Perennial, 2006, p. 45.
    3. ^ Hilari Raguer, Gunpowder and Incense, p.20
    4. ^ Gunpowder and Incense, p.55
    5. ISBN 014303765X
      .
    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Archbishop of Toledo

    12 April 1933 – 22 August 1940     		Succeeded by
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