Antonio Añoveros Ataún

Antonio Añoveros Ataún
Bishop of Bilbao
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseBilbao
Installed3 December 1971
Term ended25 September 1978
PredecessorPablo Gurpide
SuccessorLuis María de Larrea y Legarreta
Other post(s)Auxilary Bishop of Málaga (1952–1954)
Tiular Bishop of Tabuda (1952–1964)
Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (1964–1971)
Orders
Ordination25 July 1933
Consecration12 October 1952
by Ángel Herrera Oria
Personal details
Born(1909-06-13)13 June 1909
Pamplona, Spain
Died24 October 1987(1987-10-24) (aged 78)
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date25 July 1933
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorÁngel Herrera Oria
Co-consecratorsEmeterio Echeverría y Barrena,
Pablo Gurpide
Date12 October 1952
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Antonio Añoveros Ataún as principal consecrator
Juan Uriarte11 October 1976

Antonio Añoveros Ataún (13 June 1909 – 24 October 1987) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He is known mostly as a protagonist of the so-called "Añoveros case", a 1974 episode which marked the gravest crisis in relations between Francoist Spain and the Church. Though during the Civil War he joined Carlists, he is recognized chiefly as one of the most liberal members of the Spanish hierarchy during the late Francoism; he is appreciated especially in the Basque realm.

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