Alberto Martín y Villaverde

Who was Alberto Martín y Villaverde?

Bishop Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas.

Bishop Martin was ordained a priest on October 27, 1927. He was appointed by Pope Pius XI to be Bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas on May 14, 1938 and was ordained a bishop in the Cathedral of Matanzas on July 3, 1938, when he was 34 years old. His principal consecrator was Archbishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez of the Archdiocese of Havana and as co-consecrators, Archbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba and Bishop Eduardo Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. of the Diocese of Cienfuegos. Bishop Martin died on November 3, 1960 at 56 years old.