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Document

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Letter from Merry del Val to Cardinal Vaughan on the encyclical on the validity of Anglican orders

Identifier

WAA-B015-F004-D012

Call Number

WAA-B015-F004-D012

Collection

Archdiocese of Westminster

Creator

Merry del Val, Rafael Carlos, Cardinal, 1865-1930

Contributor

Vaughan, Herbert Alfred Henry, Cardinal, 1832-1903

Date

1896-07-05

Page Count

5

Coverage

Vatican, Rome, Italy

Location

e-resource|Archdiocese of Westminster

Type

Text

Content Type

Letter

Language

English

Publication Origin

Not Published

Authors & Recipients
Merry del Val, Rafael Carlos, Cardinal, 1865-1930

Merry del Val, Rafael Carlos, Cardinal, 1865-1930

Born at the Spanish Embassy in London, the son of a Spanish nobleman Rafael Calos Merry Del Val and Sofia Josefa de Zulueta, the daughter of Count Zulueta. Trained at Ushaw and was Ordained 1888, becoming Monsignor in 1891, as a protegee of Cardinal Herbert Vaughan he became a leading figure in the anti-Modernist movement. In 1903 he was made Secretary of State by Pope Pius X and was elevated to the Cardinalate in the November. In 1914 he was removed as Secretary of State by Benedict XV in 1914, and was instead given the lesser role of Secretary of the Holy Office in which role he remained until his death.

Vaughan, Herbert Alfred Henry, Cardinal, 1832-1903

Vaughan, Herbert Alfred Henry, Cardinal, 1832-1903

Born at Gloucester the eldest son of Colonel John Francis Vaughan, of an old recusant family. Educated at Stonyhurst and Downside, then in Rome, being Ordained 1854. Appointed to the staff at St Edmund's College, Ware as Vice-President. Acquired The Tablet in 1868. Founded the Mill Hill Missionaries 1869. Appointed 2nd Bishop of Salford 1872, then elevated to 3rd Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster 1892.

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