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Venerable Francisco Simón y Ródenas

Also known as

Francisco of Orihuela

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Capuchin priest, ordained c.1875. Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia from 5 July 1904 to 2 December 1912. Titular bishop of Echinus on 2 December 1912.

Born

2 October 1849 in La Aparida, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

22 August 1914 in Masamagrell, Valencia, Spain of natural causes

3 April 2014 Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Additional

other sites in english
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Hagiography Circle

MLA Citation

“Venerable Francisco Simón y Ródenas“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 April 2015. Web. 22 April 2021. <>