Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga

Valentín de la Asunción Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga, OCD (Etxebarria, 2 November 1862 – 26 February 1948) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church, born in the Basque Country. He served as Bishop of Camagüey from 1914 to 1922, Bishop of Cienfuegos from 1922 to 1925, and Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba from 1925 to 1948.

Biography

Early life and education Manuel Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga was born on 2 November 1862 in Etxebarria, Bizkaia, Spain. In 1879, he entered the novitiate of the Discalced Carmelites in Larrea, and upon first profession of vows, took the name of Valentín de la Asunción. In 1892, he was elected prior of the monastery in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Episcopal lineage Cardinal Scipione Rebiba Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566) Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, OP (1586) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604) Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1621) Cardinal Luigi Caetani (1622) Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna (1630) Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1666) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) Pope Clement XIII (1743) Cardinal Bernardino Giraud (1767) Cardinal Alessandro Mattei (1777) Cardinal Pietro Francesco Galleffi (1819) Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (1822) Cardinal Carlo Sacconi (1851) Cardinal Edward Henry Howard (1872) Cardinal Mariano Rampolla (1882) Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val (1900) Archbishop Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (1904) Archbishop Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga (1914)

Awards and honors Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, 1934 Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes of Cuba