Isidro Gomá y Tomás
Isidro Gomá y Tomás | |
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| Archbishop of Toledo | |
| Archdiocese | Toledo |
| See | Toledo |
| Appointed | 12 April 1933 |
| Term ended | 22 August 1940 |
| Predecessor | Pedro Segura y Sáenz |
| Successor | Enrique Pla y Deniel |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1935–40) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 June 1895 by Tomás Costa y Fornaguera |
| Consecration | 2 October 1927 by Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer |
| Created cardinal | 16 December 1935 by Pope Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isidro Gomá y Tomás 19 August 1869 |
| Died | 22 August 1940 (aged 71) Toledo, Francoist Spain |
| Buried | Toledo Cathedral |
| Parents | José Tomás Pedrol María Tomás Bosch |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia |
| Motto | Ut Ecclesia aedificationem accipiat |
| Coat of arms | |
| Styles of Isidro Gomá y Tomás | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Toledo |
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Isidro Gomá y Tomás (19 August 1869 – 22 August 1940) was the Bishop of Tarazona in the Province of Zaragoza and was known for his strong support of Francisco Franco and the National Movement during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). He was later made Cardinal and Archbishop of Toledo and was Primate of Spain.
Gomá was an integrista in the technical sense in believing in the necessity of a confessional state that imposes upon all its subjects the profession and practice of the Roman Catholic religion and prohibits all others.
At the end of the 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."