page_title: Ricardo Casanova y Estrada
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Ricardo Casanova y Estrada / Death
caption_attribution_description: Español: Arzobispo Ricardo Casanova y Estrada
context_page_description: Ricardo Casanova y Estrada "The Great" was a Guatemalan Catholic priest that became the eleventh Archbishop of Guatemala from 1886 to 1913. He had a role opposing president general Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián, who eventually expelled Casanova y Estrada from Guatemala. After a generous amnesty granted by president general José María Reina Barrios on 13 March 1897, the archbishop returned to Guatemala and was received by large crowds and joy.
context_section_description: During a visit to Quetzaltenango, Casanova y Estrada fell seriously ill in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán parish and decided right there and then to return to Guatemala City immediately; he took the road of San Felipe, arriving at Cantel on 12 April 1913.  There, he received medical attention, but around 11:00 pm on 13 April doctors realized there was no hope for him and he was given last rites.  He died at 2:00 am on 14 April 1913.
  After a few days while Casanova y Estrada's remains were transported back to Guatemala City and there were several ceremonies in his honor, he was buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral crypt, exactly below the Immaculate Conception altar, as he had wished. His tombstone simply reads: "Ricardo Casanova y Estrada, XI archbishop of Guatemala, 14 April 1913. Pray for him."
caption: Archbishop Casanova y Estrada, ca. 1900.  Photograph by Juan José de Jesús Yas.
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