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The Most Reverend Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas
Bishop of Canarias
Church	Catholic
Diocese	Canarias
Appointed	16 September 1846
In office	1847 – 1857
Predecessor	Judas José Romo y Gamboa
Successor	Joaquín Lluch y Garriga
Orders
Ordination	c. 1810
Consecration	20 February 1848 by  Giovanni Brunelli
Personal details
Born	3 June 1788 (1788-06-03) Hostalric, Spain, Spanish Empire
Died	18 November 1857 (1857-11-19) (aged 69) Canary Islands, Spanish Empire
Resting place	Chapel of Our Lady of Los Dolores, Cathedral of Santa Ana

Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas (3 June 1788 – 18 November 1857) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Canarias which covers the islands of Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. ^[1]

Biography

Born in Hostalric in 1788, ^[2] Codina was ordained a priest in 1810 and was appointed Bishop of Canarias in 1847 by Pope Pius IX, ^{[1] [3]} A position he held until his death in 1857.

In 1978 his body was exhumed from the crypt of the Cathedral of Santa Ana and was found to be in an incorrupt state, and is now on display in the Chapel of Our Lady of Los Dolores. He was declared a Servant of God and his case for beatification continues. ^[2]

See also

• Diocese of Tenerife

References