José María Cirarda Lachiondo

José María Cirarda Lachiondo
Archbishop of Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela (Emeritus)

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela
In office	1978–1993
Predecessor	José Méndez Asensio
Successor	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
Orders
Ordination	5 July 1942
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-23)23 May 1917 Baquio, Spain
Died	17 September 2008(2008-09-17) (aged 91) Vitória, Spain
Previous post(s)	Bishop

José María Cirarda Lachiondo (23 May 1917 – 17 September 2008) was a Spanish Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lachiondo was born in Baquio, Spain and was ordained a priest on 5 July 1942. Lachiondo was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seville as well as Titular Bishop of Drusiliana on 9 April 1960 and ordained a bishop on 29 June 1960. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Santander on 22 July 1968 and then the Diocese of Córdoba in Spain on 3 December 1971. On 31 December 1978 Lachiondo was appointed to the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela and would remain at diocese until retirement on 26 March 1993.