Isidro Goma y Tomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Isidro Goma y Tomas

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1869

Place of Birth: La Riba, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 22-Aug-1940

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Isidro Gomá y Tomás (19 August 1869 - 22 August 1940) was the Bishop of Tarazona in the province of Zaragoza.
He was also 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 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."Isidro Gomá y Tomás was born in the Catalan town of La Riba, Spain.
He was educated at the Seminary of Tarragona, and the Seminary of Valencia.