sentences:  He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 March 1927, and then taught at the seminary and journalism school in Madrid until 1945.Becoming a professor at Madrid's Superior Institute of Religious Culture in 1929, Monreal also served as diocesan fiscal from 1935 to 1945, which was the same year he was made a doctoral canon.On 1 December 1945, he was appointed Bishop of Jaca by Pope Pius XII.