Apolinar Serrano

Apolinar Serrano
Bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana
Apolinar Serrano
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana
In office23 September 1875 – 15 June 1876
PredecessorJacinto María Martínez y Sáez
SuccessorRamón Fernández Piérola y López de Luzuriaga
Orders
Ordination22 December 1860
Consecration21 November 1875
by Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo[1]
Personal details
BornApolinar Serrano Díez
(1833-07-23)23 July 1833
Died15 June 1876(1876-06-15) (aged 42)

Apolinar Serrano (July 23, 1833 – June 15, 1876) was a Spanish bishop of Havana.

He was born in Villarramiel, Spain. Buried in Havana Cathedral. His grave statue is a work by the Italian sculptor Pietro Costa.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Apolinar Serrano Díez". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  2. ^ Pietro Costa. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker u. a.: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 7, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1912, S. 533; Franco Sborgi, COSTA, Pietro in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Band 30, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Rom 1984.