He was transferred to the see of Calahora y La Calzada-Logroño on 20 December 1976 where he remained until his transfer to the see of Orihuela-Alicante on 12 May 1989.
Francis Joseph Spellman, ameriški duhovnik, škof in kardinal, * 4. maj 1889, Whitman, † 2. december 1967.